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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: More, Prachi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2017]
Colección:Urban Studies.
Temas:
Latour, Bruno.
Latour, Bruno
English literature > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Cities and towns in literature.
Social structure in literature.
Empiricism in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Narration.
Structure sociale dans la littérature.
Empirisme dans la littérature.
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative.
Cities and towns in literature
Empiricism in literature
English literature
Social structure in literature
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.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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