LEADER 02775nam 2200433 450 001 9910508604703321 005 20230221095122.0 010 $a1-80008-098-0 035 $a(CKB)5150000000154622 035 $a(NjHacI)995150000000154622 035 $a(EXLCZ)995150000000154622 100 $a20230221d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican cities in post-apocalyptic science fiction /$fRobert Yeates 210 1$aLondon :$cUCL Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (x, 203 pages) 225 1 $aModern Americas 311 $a1-80008-099-9 330 $aVisions of the American city in post-apocalyptic ruin permeate literary and popular fiction, across print, visual, audio and digital media. American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction explores the prevalence of these representations in American culture, drawing from a wide range of primary and critical works from the early-twentieth century to today. Beginning with science fiction in literary magazines, before taking in radio dramas, film, video games and expansive transmedia franchises, Robert Yeates argues that post-apocalyptic representations of the American city are uniquely suited for explorations of contemporary urban issues. Examining how the post-apocalyptic American city has been repeatedly adapted and repurposed to new and developing media over the last century, this book reveals that the content and form of such texts work together to create vivid and immersive fictional spaces in ways that would otherwise not be possible. Chapters present media-specific analyses of these texts, situating them within their historical contexts and the broader history of representations of urban ruins in American fiction. Original in its scope and cross-media approach, American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction both illuminates little-studied texts and provides provocative new readings of familiar works such as Blade Runner and The Walking Dead, placing them within the larger historical context of imaginings of the American city in ruins. 410 0$aModern Americas. 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aApocalypse in literature 606 $aCities and towns in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aApocalypse in literature. 615 0$aCities and towns in literature. 676 $a810.9 700 $aYeates$b Robert$01279182 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910508604703321 996 $aAmerican cities in post-apocalyptic science fiction$93014741 997 $aUNINA