02775nam 2200433 450 991050860470332120230221095122.01-80008-098-0(CKB)5150000000154622(NjHacI)995150000000154622(EXLCZ)99515000000015462220230221d2021 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican cities in post-apocalyptic science fiction /Robert YeatesLondon :UCL Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (x, 203 pages)Modern Americas1-80008-099-9 Visions of the American city in post-apocalyptic ruin permeate literary and popular fiction, across print, visual, audio and digital media. American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction explores the prevalence of these representations in American culture, drawing from a wide range of primary and critical works from the early-twentieth century to today. Beginning with science fiction in literary magazines, before taking in radio dramas, film, video games and expansive transmedia franchises, Robert Yeates argues that post-apocalyptic representations of the American city are uniquely suited for explorations of contemporary urban issues. Examining how the post-apocalyptic American city has been repeatedly adapted and repurposed to new and developing media over the last century, this book reveals that the content and form of such texts work together to create vivid and immersive fictional spaces in ways that would otherwise not be possible. Chapters present media-specific analyses of these texts, situating them within their historical contexts and the broader history of representations of urban ruins in American fiction. Original in its scope and cross-media approach, American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction both illuminates little-studied texts and provides provocative new readings of familiar works such as Blade Runner and The Walking Dead, placing them within the larger historical context of imaginings of the American city in ruins.Modern Americas.American literatureHistory and criticismApocalypse in literatureCities and towns in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Apocalypse in literature.Cities and towns in literature.810.9Yeates Robert1279182NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910508604703321American cities in post-apocalyptic science fiction3014741UNINA