{"product_id":"rethinking-kerouac-afterlives-continuities-reappraisals-hardcover","title":"Rethinking Kerouac: Afterlives, Continuities, Reappraisals - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErik Mortenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTomasz Sawczuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis long overdue reevaluation of Jack Kerouac gives fresh perspectives on his unique literary output, his vexed relation to issues of race, class, and gender, as well as his continuing cultural afterlife. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of essays by esteemed Beat commentators reassesses one of the 20th century's most emblematic but often misunderstood American writers. Despite amassing a substantial body of influential work and becoming a recognizable icon globally, Kerouac has often suffered critical neglect, and this volume seeks to offer a range of fresh perspectives on his unique artistic output as well as his continuing cultural afterlife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough an examination of classic texts like \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e to more obscure ones like \u003ci\u003ePic\u003c\/i\u003e, these essays recalibrate our understanding of the writer by placing his creative output into dialogue with current cultural issues to provide a rethinking of how concerns such as race, gender relations, artificial intelligence, populist rhetoric, and queerness inform his work and its contemporary reception. These essays also examine how the peculiarities of global circulation and social media influence the ongoing cultural appropriation of Kerouac in popular music, literature, and online. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these varied approaches, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Kerouac: Afterlives, Continuities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Reappraisals \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an indispensable account of the continued relevance of both Kerouac the writer and Kerouac the cultural icon in the 21st century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Mortenson\u003c\/b\u003e is a Faculty Member in English at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Mortenson has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, as well as several books, including \u003ci\u003eCapturing the Beat Moment: Cultural Politics and the Poetics of Presence\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), which won a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award;\u003ci\u003e Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2016); and \u003ci\u003eTranslating the Counterculture: The Reception of the Beats in Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). He has also published \u003ci\u003eThe Beats and the Academy: A Renegotiation\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), co-edited with Tony Trigilio, along with the memoir \u003ci\u003eKick Out the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), co-written with Christopher Kramer. Mortenson is also a translator whose work has appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalisman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomasz Sawczuk \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor at University of Bialystok, Poland. In 2022 he was a Visiting Research Scholar at Fordham University, USA. Among his publications on Beat writers, film and popular culture are \u003ci\u003eOn the Road to Lost Fathers: Jack Kerouac in a Lacanian Perspective \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and a chapter contribution to \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of International Beat Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). He also co-edited \u003ci\u003eVisuality and Vision in American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773032792352,"sku":"9798765105276","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bfbe5ea019d0a620531d54a4382c3840_b78d2ab1-b838-45c1-a574-138abebefb5f.webp?v=1780418540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rethinking-kerouac-afterlives-continuities-reappraisals-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}