R&L Logo R&L Logo
  • GENERAL
    • Browse by Subjects
    • New Releases
    • Coming Soon
    • Chases's Calendar
  • ACADEMIC
    • Textbooks
    • Browse by Course
    • Instructor's Copies
    • Monographs & Research
    • Reference
  • PROFESSIONAL
    • Education
    • Intelligence & Security
    • Library Services
    • Business & Leadership
    • Museum Studies
    • Music
    • Pastoral Resources
    • Psychotherapy
  • FREUD SET
Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
share of facebook share on twitter
Add to GoodReads

Rock Aesthetics in Colombian Literature and Culture

Writing the Noise

David Martínez Houghton - Translated by Alex Bare and Juliana Agamez Rosado

Rock Aesthetics in Colombian Literature and Culture: Writing the Noise explores the presence of a rock aesthetic in the Colombian literary field and how its pivotal role in creating alternative creative expressions that challenge the dominance of tropicality as the prevailing artistic reference. More than a musical genre or a cultural industry, rock is also an aesthetic: a significant social practice that allows one to understand what people consider beautiful or authentic. Since its birth in the mid-1950s, rock as an aesthetic has expanded worldwide, transforming and establishing dialogues with artistic practices such as literature. Through an analysis of a series of novels, poems, and manifestos written from the 1950s to the early years of the twenty-first century, David Martínez Houghton embarks on a literary, musical, and historical journey. On the way, he explores complex phenomena such as urban violence, the formation of youth identities, the penetration of pop culture, national identity discourses, and even the social and physical transformation of Colombian cities.

  • Details
  • Details
  • Author
  • Author
  • TOC
  • TOC
  • Reviews
  • Reviews
Lexington Books
Pages: 278 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66694-847-9 • Hardback • October 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
978-1-66694-848-6 • eBook • October 2024 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Series: Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies, Music / EthnoMusicology, Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American

David Martinez Houghton is professor at the Universidad del Norte, in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Part I: What Do We Mean by Rock Aesthetics?

Chapter 1. Rock Aesthetics: More Than a Music Genre, More Than a Business

Chapter 2. Rock as the Latin American Soundscape: From Music to Literature

Part II: The Rock Aesthetic in Colombian Literature. Corpus Analysis

Chapter 3. Nadaism: Rock Aesthetics in the Formation of the Literary Field in Colombia

Chapter 4. To Die Before Growing Old: Rock Aesthetics in the Work of Andrés Caicedo

Chapter 5. Rock Aesthetics as Resistance Against Death: The Punk Poetry of Giovanny Oquendo

Chapter 6. Rock Aesthetics at the Turn of the Century in Colombia

"When people think about rock music there is still a privileging—for good reasons—of the music pioneered in the United States and Great Britain, influenced from a collage of genres that include blues, country, and jazz. The 1950s witnessed rock music’s dissemination throughout Latin America, and by the 1960s, new artists cropped up in spaces such as Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and, of course, Colombia. While the Colombian rock music scene expanded and witnessed local productions going beyond cover songs, the region’s literary circles took to the pen to expressing new thoughts and critiques with rock music as their soundtrack. Rock Aesthetics in Colombian Literature and Culture: Writing the Noise allows readers an opportunity to see how Colombian literature in the latter half of the twentieth century evolves through rock music’s own progression and transformation in response to the country’s ongoing socio-political and economic tensions."


— Giovanni Hortua Vargas, Cypress College


Rock Aesthetics in Colombian Literature and Culture

Writing the Noise

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Rock Aesthetics in Colombian Literature and Culture: Writing the Noise explores the presence of a rock aesthetic in the Colombian literary field and how its pivotal role in creating alternative creative expressions that challenge the dominance of tropicality as the prevailing artistic reference. More than a musical genre or a cultural industry, rock is also an aesthetic: a significant social practice that allows one to understand what people consider beautiful or authentic. Since its birth in the mid-1950s, rock as an aesthetic has expanded worldwide, transforming and establishing dialogues with artistic practices such as literature. Through an analysis of a series of novels, poems, and manifestos written from the 1950s to the early years of the twenty-first century, David Martínez Houghton embarks on a literary, musical, and historical journey. On the way, he explores complex phenomena such as urban violence, the formation of youth identities, the penetration of pop culture, national identity discourses, and even the social and physical transformation of Colombian cities.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 278 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-66694-847-9 • Hardback • October 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
    978-1-66694-848-6 • eBook • October 2024 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
    Series: Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
    Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies, Music / EthnoMusicology, Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American
Author
Author
  • David Martinez Houghton is professor at the Universidad del Norte, in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part I: What Do We Mean by Rock Aesthetics?

    Chapter 1. Rock Aesthetics: More Than a Music Genre, More Than a Business

    Chapter 2. Rock as the Latin American Soundscape: From Music to Literature

    Part II: The Rock Aesthetic in Colombian Literature. Corpus Analysis

    Chapter 3. Nadaism: Rock Aesthetics in the Formation of the Literary Field in Colombia

    Chapter 4. To Die Before Growing Old: Rock Aesthetics in the Work of Andrés Caicedo

    Chapter 5. Rock Aesthetics as Resistance Against Death: The Punk Poetry of Giovanny Oquendo

    Chapter 6. Rock Aesthetics at the Turn of the Century in Colombia

Reviews
Reviews
  • "When people think about rock music there is still a privileging—for good reasons—of the music pioneered in the United States and Great Britain, influenced from a collage of genres that include blues, country, and jazz. The 1950s witnessed rock music’s dissemination throughout Latin America, and by the 1960s, new artists cropped up in spaces such as Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and, of course, Colombia. While the Colombian rock music scene expanded and witnessed local productions going beyond cover songs, the region’s literary circles took to the pen to expressing new thoughts and critiques with rock music as their soundtrack. Rock Aesthetics in Colombian Literature and Culture: Writing the Noise allows readers an opportunity to see how Colombian literature in the latter half of the twentieth century evolves through rock music’s own progression and transformation in response to the country’s ongoing socio-political and economic tensions."


    — Giovanni Hortua Vargas, Cypress College


ALSO AVAILABLE

  • Cover image for the book Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean
  • Cover image for the book Cinematic Landscape and Emerging Identities in Contemporary Latin American Film
  • Cover image for the book Victim Activists in Mexico: Social and Political Mobilization amid Extreme Violence and Disappearances
  • Cover image for the book Researching Crime and Violence in Medellín, Colombia: Truth versus Truths
  • Cover image for the book Reading José Martí from the Margins
  • Cover image for the book Rock Poetry in Post-Dictatorship Argentina: An Analysis of Discursive Production in the 1980s
  • Cover image for the book The Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists
  • Cover image for the book New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America
  • Cover image for the book Archiving Creole Voices: Representations of Language and Culture
  • Cover image for the book Neoliberalism and Labor Displacement in Panama: Contested Public Space and the Disenfranchisement of Street Vendors
  • Cover image for the book Breaking the Boundaries of the Colombian Socio-Racial Order: Black Middle Classes through an Intersectional Lens
  • Cover image for the book Visionary Art of the Americas: Hemispheric Transculturations, Hallucinogens, Politics, Aesthetics, and Mass Consumer Culture in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia
  • Cover image for the book State–Society Relations in Guatemala: Theory and Practice
  • Cover image for the book Breaking the Cycle of Structural Violence in Northern Mexico: Toward Integral Peace
  • Cover image for the book Communes and the Venezuelan State: The Struggle for Participatory Democracy in a Time of Crisis
  • Cover image for the book New Perspectives on the Good Neighbor Policy
  • Cover image for the book Magical Realism, Latin American Theology, and the Appearance of a Pre-Critical Theory: Mary versus Ideology
  • Cover image for the book Gender Inequality in The Bahamas: Violence, Media, and Law
  • Cover image for the book Afro-Brazilians in Telenovelas: Social, Political, and Economic Realities
  • Cover image for the book Democratic Institutions in Guatemala: Theory and Practice
  • Cover image for the book Performing Craft in Mexico: Artisans, Aesthetics, and the Power of Translation
  • Cover image for the book Indigenous Collective Rights in Latin America: The Role of Coalitions, Constitutions, and Party Systems
  • Cover image for the book Hope, Community, and Visibility among Venezuelan Migrants at the Juárez-El Paso Border
  • Cover image for the book The Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest: Uncanny Encounters
  • Cover image for the book Aging and Generations in Cuba: Unravelling the Care Crisis
  • Cover image for the book Comparative Assessment of Social Issues in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean
  • Cover image for the book Gang Strategies in the Northern Triangle: Coerced Criminality as a Form of Human Trafficking
  • Cover image for the book Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean
  • Cover image for the book Cinematic Landscape and Emerging Identities in Contemporary Latin American Film
  • Cover image for the book Victim Activists in Mexico: Social and Political Mobilization amid Extreme Violence and Disappearances
  • Cover image for the book Researching Crime and Violence in Medellín, Colombia: Truth versus Truths
  • Cover image for the book Reading José Martí from the Margins
  • Cover image for the book Rock Poetry in Post-Dictatorship Argentina: An Analysis of Discursive Production in the 1980s
  • Cover image for the book The Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists
  • Cover image for the book New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America
  • Cover image for the book Archiving Creole Voices: Representations of Language and Culture
  • Cover image for the book Neoliberalism and Labor Displacement in Panama: Contested Public Space and the Disenfranchisement of Street Vendors
  • Cover image for the book Breaking the Boundaries of the Colombian Socio-Racial Order: Black Middle Classes through an Intersectional Lens
  • Cover image for the book Visionary Art of the Americas: Hemispheric Transculturations, Hallucinogens, Politics, Aesthetics, and Mass Consumer Culture in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia
  • Cover image for the book State–Society Relations in Guatemala: Theory and Practice
  • Cover image for the book Breaking the Cycle of Structural Violence in Northern Mexico: Toward Integral Peace
  • Cover image for the book Communes and the Venezuelan State: The Struggle for Participatory Democracy in a Time of Crisis
  • Cover image for the book New Perspectives on the Good Neighbor Policy
  • Cover image for the book Magical Realism, Latin American Theology, and the Appearance of a Pre-Critical Theory: Mary versus Ideology
  • Cover image for the book Gender Inequality in The Bahamas: Violence, Media, and Law
  • Cover image for the book Afro-Brazilians in Telenovelas: Social, Political, and Economic Realities
  • Cover image for the book Democratic Institutions in Guatemala: Theory and Practice
  • Cover image for the book Performing Craft in Mexico: Artisans, Aesthetics, and the Power of Translation
  • Cover image for the book Indigenous Collective Rights in Latin America: The Role of Coalitions, Constitutions, and Party Systems
  • Cover image for the book Hope, Community, and Visibility among Venezuelan Migrants at the Juárez-El Paso Border
  • Cover image for the book The Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest: Uncanny Encounters
  • Cover image for the book Aging and Generations in Cuba: Unravelling the Care Crisis
  • Cover image for the book Comparative Assessment of Social Issues in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean
  • Cover image for the book Gang Strategies in the Northern Triangle: Coerced Criminality as a Form of Human Trafficking
facebook icon twitter icon instagram icon linked in icon NEWSLETTERS
ABOUT US
  • Mission Statement
  • Employment
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility Statement
CONTACT
  • Company Directory
  • Publicity and Media Queries
  • Rights and Permissions
  • Textbook Resource Center
AUTHOR RESOURCES
  • Royalty Contact
  • Production Guidelines
  • Manuscript Submissions
ORDERING INFORMATION
  • Rowman & Littlefield
  • National Book Network
  • Ingram Publisher Services UK
  • Special Sales
  • International Sales
  • eBook Partners
  • Digital Catalogs
IMPRINTS
  • Rowman & Littlefield
  • Lexington Books
  • Hamilton Books
  • Applause Books
  • Amadeus Press
  • Backbeat Books
  • Bernan
  • Hal Leonard Books
  • Limelight Editions
  • Co-Publishing Partners
  • Globe Pequot
  • Down East Books
  • Falcon Guides
  • Gooseberry Patch
  • Lyons Press
  • Muddy Boots
  • Pineapple Press
  • TwoDot Books
  • Stackpole Books
PARTNERS
  • American Alliance of Museums
  • American Association for State and Local History
  • Brookings Institution Press
  • Center for Strategic & International Studies
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
  • Fortress Press
  • The Foundation for Critical Thinking
  • Lehigh University Press
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Other Partners...