Cityscapes of the future : urban spaces in science fiction /
Cityscapes of the future : urban spaces in science fiction /
edited by Yael Maurer.
- 1 online resource.
- Consciousness, literature and the arts ; v. 53 .
- Consciousness, Literature and the Arts 53. Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353336. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / The City and the Body -- Urban Twinship: The Body of the Futuristic City in Jeff VanderMeer’s Veniss Underground / Past Future Cityscapes: Narratives of the Post-Human in Post-Urban Environments / Architecture of Punishment: Dystopian Cities Marking the Body / Cities of Estrangement -- Time Travel, Dystopia, and the Manhattan Skyscraper in George Allan England’s The Last New Yorkers and Murray Leinster’s “The Runaway Skyscraper” / Wires are the New Filth: The Rebirth of Dickens’ London in Cyberspace / City of Lights No More: Dystopian Paris in French Science Fiction / Spatiality in the Cyber-World of William Gibson / Cities of Imagination -- “Divided Against Itself”: Dual Urban Chronotopes / Experiencing the Cityscapes and Rural Landscapes as ‘Citizens’ of The Hunger Games Storyworld / ‘Final Men’, Racialised Fears and the Control of Monstrous Cityscapes in Post-Apocalyptic Hollywood Films / Imagination Reloaded: Transfiguring Urban Space into Virtual Space in the tv Series Caprica / The Dame Wore Skyscrapers: The Science-fictional City as a Detective Story / Meyrav Koren-Kuik and and Yael Maurer -- Inbar Kaminsky -- Eduardo Barros-Grela -- Elsa Bouet -- Rosalind Fursland -- Keith Daniel Harris -- Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoang -- Imola Bülgözdi -- Elana Gomel -- Natalie Krikowa -- Glen Donnar -- Torsten Caeners -- Shawn Edrei.
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Cityscapes of the Future: Urban Spaces in Science Fiction offers an examination of the central role played by urban spaces in science fictional narratives in various media forms from the literary to the ludic to the cinematic. Our contributors reflect on the ways diverse urban scenarios are central to the narratives’ science fictional imaginary and consider the pivotal roles cityscapes play in underscoring major thematic concerns, such as political struggles, social inequality and other cultural epistemologies. The chapters in the collection are divided into three sections examining the city and the body, cities of estrangement, and cities of the imagination.
9789004361317
10.1163/9789004361317 DOI
2017058770
Science fiction--History and criticism.
Public spaces in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
Future, The, in literature.
Science fiction films--History and criticism.
Cities and towns in motion pictures.
Future, The, in motion pictures.
PN3433.6
809.3/8762
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / The City and the Body -- Urban Twinship: The Body of the Futuristic City in Jeff VanderMeer’s Veniss Underground / Past Future Cityscapes: Narratives of the Post-Human in Post-Urban Environments / Architecture of Punishment: Dystopian Cities Marking the Body / Cities of Estrangement -- Time Travel, Dystopia, and the Manhattan Skyscraper in George Allan England’s The Last New Yorkers and Murray Leinster’s “The Runaway Skyscraper” / Wires are the New Filth: The Rebirth of Dickens’ London in Cyberspace / City of Lights No More: Dystopian Paris in French Science Fiction / Spatiality in the Cyber-World of William Gibson / Cities of Imagination -- “Divided Against Itself”: Dual Urban Chronotopes / Experiencing the Cityscapes and Rural Landscapes as ‘Citizens’ of The Hunger Games Storyworld / ‘Final Men’, Racialised Fears and the Control of Monstrous Cityscapes in Post-Apocalyptic Hollywood Films / Imagination Reloaded: Transfiguring Urban Space into Virtual Space in the tv Series Caprica / The Dame Wore Skyscrapers: The Science-fictional City as a Detective Story / Meyrav Koren-Kuik and and Yael Maurer -- Inbar Kaminsky -- Eduardo Barros-Grela -- Elsa Bouet -- Rosalind Fursland -- Keith Daniel Harris -- Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoang -- Imola Bülgözdi -- Elana Gomel -- Natalie Krikowa -- Glen Donnar -- Torsten Caeners -- Shawn Edrei.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Cityscapes of the Future: Urban Spaces in Science Fiction offers an examination of the central role played by urban spaces in science fictional narratives in various media forms from the literary to the ludic to the cinematic. Our contributors reflect on the ways diverse urban scenarios are central to the narratives’ science fictional imaginary and consider the pivotal roles cityscapes play in underscoring major thematic concerns, such as political struggles, social inequality and other cultural epistemologies. The chapters in the collection are divided into three sections examining the city and the body, cities of estrangement, and cities of the imagination.
9789004361317
10.1163/9789004361317 DOI
2017058770
Science fiction--History and criticism.
Public spaces in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
Future, The, in literature.
Science fiction films--History and criticism.
Cities and towns in motion pictures.
Future, The, in motion pictures.
PN3433.6
809.3/8762