Luo Xiaoming

Unlocking the Future (eBook, ePUB)

The Urban Imagination in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000876482
• Artikelnr.: 67502965

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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