{"product_id":"9783631792018","title":"Skyscraping Frontiers : The Skyscraper as Heterotopia in the 20th-Century American Novel and Film. Dissertationsschrift (Contributions to English and American Literary Studies (CEALS) 4) (2020. 316 S. 8 Abb. 210 mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study models the skyscraper as a complex network of actors and retraces its initial assemblage during the 19th century to its evolution into a smart structure from the mid-20th century onwards by looking at a great number of US-American novels and movies. It connects classic spatial theories with concepts and methods of ANT and Urban Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a space of extremes, the skyscraper has been continually constructed as an urban frontier in American cultural productions. Like its counterpart of the American wilderness, this vertical frontier serves as a privileged site for both subversion and excessive control. Beyond common metaphoric readings, this study models the skyscraper not only as a Foucauldian heterotopia, but also as a complex network of human and nonhuman actors while retracing its development from its initial assemblage during the 19\u003csup\u003eth \u003c\/sup\u003ecentury to its steady evolution into a smart structure from the mid-20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century onward. It takes a close look at US-American literary and filmic fictions and the ways in which they sought to make sense of this extraordinary structure throughout the 20\u003csup\u003eth \u003c\/sup\u003eand early 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries. More traditional poststructuralist spatial theories are connected with concepts and methods of Actor-Network Theory in a compelling account of the skyscraper's evolution as reflected in fictional media from early 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century short stories via a range of action, disaster and horror films to selected city novels of the 1990s and 2000s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.The Skyscraper as a Hybrid Network of Hybrid Actors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.The Networks and Frontiers of the Skyscraper in Science Fiction and Modernist Literature of the 1900s to 1920\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Reconfiguring the Skyscraper in the Shadow of Smart Technologies from the 1950s onwards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Open and Closed Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSascha Klein\u003c\/strong\u003e has studied History and English Studies with a special focus on US-American literature and culture at the University of Cologne. He completed his PhD as a doctoral fellow at a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities and works as a free lecturer at the University of Cologne. His fields of interest range from American culture, media, and film studies to architecture and urban studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PETER LANG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820543127787,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":149.97,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783631792018-1.jpg?v=1781723859","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9783631792018","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}