The City Since 9/11 Literature, Film, Television |
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Editor:
| Wilhite, Keith |
Contribution by:
| Grela, Eduardo Barros Buchanan, Jason Devine, Michael Florescu, Catalina Florina Gauthier, Tim Golimowska, Karolina Hashmi, Ghazala Hellman, Caroline Karoui-Elounelli, Salwa Kijowski, Jenny Macek, Steve Pheasant-Kelly, Fran Scanlan, Sean Clair, Justin St. Thompson, Hilary |
ISBN: | 978-1-61147-720-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
Publisher: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $57.99 |
Book Description:
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This book analyzes post-9/11 literature, film, and television through an interdisciplinary lens, taking into account contemporary debates about spatial practices, gentrification, cosmopolitanism, memory and history, nostalgia, the uncanny and the abject, postmodern virtuality, the politics of realism, and the economic and social life of cities. Featuring an international group of scholars, the volume theorizes how literary and visual representations expose the persistent conflicts that...
More DescriptionThis book analyzes post-9/11 literature, film, and television through an interdisciplinary lens, taking into account contemporary debates about spatial practices, gentrification, cosmopolitanism, memory and history, nostalgia, the uncanny and the abject, postmodern virtuality, the politics of realism, and the economic and social life of cities. Featuring an international group of scholars, the volume theorizes how literary and visual representations expose the persistent conflicts that arise as cities rebuild in the shadow of past ruins.