Unlocking the Future - The Urban Imagination in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Luo Xiaoming
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032483382
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3248338-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Science Fiction, Cultural Studies, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Chinese, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Urban communities, Literary studies: from c 2000