Absent Rebels: Criticism and Network Power in 21st Century Dystopian Fiction

Absent Rebels: Criticism and Network Power in 21st Century Dystopian Fiction focuses on the relationship between literary dystopia, network power and neoliberalism, explaining why rebellion against a dystopian system is absent in so many contemporary dystopian novels. Also, this book helps readers understand modern power mechanisms and shows ways how to overcome them in our own daily lives.

About the author

Annika Gonnermann hat am Lehrstuhl für Anglistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft der Universität Mannheim gelehrt und promoviert. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Dystopieforschung, sowie Kritische Theorie und Kapitalismuskritik.

Product details

• Authors: Annika Gonnermann
• Publisher: Narr
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 22.04.2021
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9783823384595
• ISBN: 978-3-8233-8459-5
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions (packing): 16.5 x 3 x 22.1 cm
• Weight (packing): 550 g
• Series: Mannheimer Beiträge zur Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > 85; Mannheimer Beiträge zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft > 85