Actors and Networks in the Megacity : a Literary Analysis of Urban Narratives /
This study is a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and its application in a literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century. We encounter well-known psycho-geographers such as Iain Sinclair and Sam Miller, and renowned a.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Bielefeld :
Transcript-Verlag,
[2017]
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| Series: | Urban Studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table Of Contents
- List Of Illustrations
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction: Urban Narratives And Bruno Latour's Empiricism
- I. Contextualizing Contemporary Urban Narratives As Literary Documentary
- II. Bruno Latour's 'New Empiricism'
- III. The Poetics and Politics of Rambling in lain Sinclair's Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire
- IV. Strategies, Spatial Trajectories And Scenography: Micro-Mapping The Megacity In Suketu Mehta's Maximum City
- V. Of Spirals And Capitals: Sam Miller's Delhi, Adventures In A Megacity
- Conclusion: Actor-Network Theory And Literary Criticism
- Works Cited.