Futurescapes : space in utopian and science fiction discourses /
"This book testifies to the growing interest in the many spaces of utopia . It intends to 'map out' on utopian and science-fiction discourses some of the new and revisionist models of spatial analysis applied in Literary and Cultural Studies in recent years. The aim of the volume is t...
| Други автори: | Pordzik, Ralph, 1966- (Editor) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2009.
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| Серия: |
Spatial practices ;
9. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=281506 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Futurescapes. |
| Резюме: |
"This book testifies to the growing interest in the many spaces of utopia . It intends to 'map out' on utopian and science-fiction discourses some of the new and revisionist models of spatial analysis applied in Literary and Cultural Studies in recent years. The aim of the volume is to side-step the established generic binary of utopia and dystopia or science fiction and thus to open the analysis of utopian literature to new lines of inquiry. The essays collected here propose to think of utopias not so much as fictional texts about future change and transformation but as vital elements in a cultural process through which social, spatial and subjective identities are formed. Utopias can thus be read as textual systems implying a distinct spatial and temporal dimension; as 'spatial practices' that tend to naturalize a cultural and social construction -- that of the 'good life', the radically improved welfare state, the Christian paradise, the counter-society, etc. -- and make that representation operational by interpellating their readers in some determinate relation to their givenness as sites of political and individual improvement. This volume is of interest for all scholars and students of literature who wish to explore the ways in which utopias of the past and recent present have circulated as media of cultural exchange and homogenization, as sites of cultural and linguistic appropriation and as foci for the spatial formation of national and regional identities in the English-speaking world"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789042026032 9042026030 9781441617064 144161706X |
| ISSN: |
1871-689X ; |