Unlocking the Future: The Urban Imagination in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction
Autor Luo Xiaomingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 oct 2024
The author argues that ‘the future’ is a set of directional and normative ideas that forms the basis of the entire social mobilization mechanism in China, while the capacity to imagine the future is likely to be produced in response to the present challenges. By discussing the urban space, the reconstruction of time, the infrastructure, and concepts of the 'urban-rural' and civilization in contemporary Chinese science fiction, she demonstrates how contemporary Chinese sci-fi may offer potential solutions to ways of ‘unlocking’ the future. In addition, she also points out the limitations of Chinese society’s imaginative vision of the future.
The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students of modern Chinese literature, science fiction studies, urban studies, or cultural studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781032483474
ISBN-10: 1032483474
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1032483474
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional ReferenceNotă biografică
Luo Xiaoming is an associate professor working in the Program in Cultural Studies of Shanghai University. Her research interests are urban culture, social space in everyday life, and contemporary Chinese science fiction. She is also the chief editor of the online journal Refeng Xueshu (2017–2021).
Cuprins
1 The Divided City: Imagining the Urban in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction 2 Time as Variation: "China Speed" and Synchronic Illusions 3 ‘Urban Malaise’ and the New Infrastructures of City Life 4 When the Future Gazes at Urban–Rural Relations in China 5 Alternative ‘Civilizations’ 6 Unlocking the Future: Characterizing "Hope" in Contemporary Chinese Society
Descriere
The book highlights the urban imagination in contemporary Chinese science fiction, in order to assess the capacity of Chinese society to conceive of the future.