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 a.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: More, Prachi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2017]
Series:Urban Studies.
Subjects:
Latour, Bruno.
English literature > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Cities and towns in literature.
Social structure in literature.
Empiricism in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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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.

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