Actors and Networks in the Megacity: A Literary Analysis of Urban Narratives - Couverture souple

More, Prachi

 
9783837638349: Actors and Networks in the Megacity: A Literary Analysis of Urban Narratives
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ISBN 10 : 3837638340 ISBN 13 : 9783837638349
Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2021

Synopsis

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 authors, Patrick Neate and Suketu Mehta. Prachi More analyses these authors' accounts of vastly different cities such as London, Delhi, Mumbai, Johannesburg, New York and Tokyo. Are these urban narratives a contemporary solution to documenting an ever-evasive urban reality? If so, how do they embody matters of concern as Latour would have put it, laying bare modern-day actors and networks rather than reporting mere matters of fact? These questions are drawn into an inter-disciplinary discussion that addresses concerns and questions of epistemology, the sociology of knowledge as well as urban and documentary studies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Prachi More (PhD) taught at the English Studies Department at the University of Tubingen, Germany. Her research interests include New Materialisms, Smart Cities and Weird Fiction.

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Éditeur
Transcript Verlag
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3837638340
ISBN 13 
9783837638349
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
live@transcript-verlag.de
live@transcript-verlag.de

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