In chapter 11 Rice discusses Kerouac’s spontaneous writing method in which sentences run into each other and ideas quickly with out much transition. This writing method is marked by a quick pace which Rice links to the speed of technological development of the 1950’s and 60’s. Spontaneous provides a look into the inner mind of the narrator. Kerouac’s rhetoric of race follows popular perceptions, or stereotypes, of races. Rice also discusses nostalgia, which he defines as the act of longing. Nostalgia is identified with reconstruction of past events in hope for their return. Kerouac used the memory process to invoke a nostalgic effect, and used details to link to other subjects. The cut-up is a way of turning writing on itself. It is cutting a writing into at least four pieces and rearranging them. It can be used to reveal hidden meanings or act as resistance to the text’s original meaning. Juxtaposition is an idea related to the cut-up. Juxtaposition is putting two unassociated (or contrasting) items next to each other. Juxtaposition can challenge our expectations and also help us invent new concepts and ideas. The ‘subliminal kid’ used juxtaposition in his recordings. He would record conversations of everyday life in café’s and other public places and cut them up and put them together to contrast them and learn from listening to them in his chopped up manner.
Skratching, or spinning records, shapes its own literate practice by serving as a model for how to create meaning with new technologies. Skratching blends new and old methods together to create its product. In the same way, we can use traditional writings methods along with newer technological advances in order to create a new form of expression.
