¿Generación X? Spanish Urban Youth Culture at the End of the Century in Mañas's/ Armendáriz's Historias Del Kronen

Author: Fouz-Hernández, Santiago

Source: Romance Studies, Volume 18, Number 1, June 2000 , pp. 83-98(16)

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Abstract:

Since its publication in 1991, Douglas Coupland's Generation X, Tales for an Accelerated Culture has become the landmark of a generation. The term 'Generation X' has been adopted by the media to describe those born between 1961 and 1981, arguably the last generation(s) of youths before the millennium. In the North American context, the term has come to rifer specifically to the children of the so-called 'baby-boom' generation (born between 1946 and 1964, a time of economic prosperity and political stability). In an age of global economy and media-dominated, rapidly disseminated culture, the term 'Generation X' (like 'X-ers' or 'slackers') has been, and still is being used world-wide. This article will examine how this putative generational identity applies to the Spanish youths represented in José Ángel Mañas's 1994 novel Historias del Kronen and in the 1995 film adaptation by Montxo Armendáriz and thereby explore how recent developments in Spain have impacted upon the proliferation of indigenous youth cultures.

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/026399000786543620

Publication date: 2000-06-01

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