Futurescapes : Space in Utopian and Science Fiction Discourses
Ralph. Pordzik
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Amsterdam : : Editions Rodopi, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (367 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Overlaid Spaces of Utopia; CHAPTER I CONSTRUCTING BORDERS, DEFINING LIMITS: THE IDEAL SPACE OF UTOPIA REVISITED; CHAPTER II HOMELY SPACES, INTIMATE BORDERS - UTOPIAS TO LIVE IN; CHAPTER III WORLDS BEYOND WORLDS - THE LIMITS OF GEOGRAPHICAL AND PERCEPTUAL SPACE; Index. - 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 cul
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| ISBN | 9789042026025
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