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

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 authors, Patrick Neate and Suketu Mehta....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: More, Prachi (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2019: Backlist Collection funder (funder)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2017
Bielefeld : [2017]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Urban Studies
Materias:
Materialism; Realism; Documentary; Representation; Urban Cities; Global South; Bruno Latour; Actor-Network Theory; ANT; Megacity; Documenting Strategy; Narrative; Knowledge Production; Epistemology; Sociology; Literature; City; General Literature Studies; Urban Studies; Theory of Literature; Literary Studies;
ANT.
Actor-Network Theory.
Bruno Latour.
City.
Documentary.
Documenting Strategy.
Epistemology.
General Literature Studies.
Global South.
Knowledge Production.
Literary Studies.
Literature.
Megacity.
Narrative.
Realism.
Representation.
Sociology.
Theory of Literature.
Urban Cities.
Urban Studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter 1 Table Of Contents 5 List Of Illustrations 7 Acknowledgement 9 Introduction: Urban Narratives And Bruno Latour's Empiricism 11 I. Contextualizing Contemporary Urban Narratives As Literary Documentary 21 II. Bruno Latour's 'New Empiricism' 37 III. The Poetics and Politics of Rambling in lain Sinclair's Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire 65 IV. Strategies, Spatial Trajectories And Scenography: Micro-Mapping The Megacity In Suketu Mehta's Maximum City 113 V. Of Spirals And Capitals: Sam Miller's Delhi, Adventures In A Megacity 151 Conclusion: Actor-Network Theory And Literary Criticism 181 Works Cited 199

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