Actors and Networks in the Megacity

Prachi More

ISBN 10: 3837638340 / ISBN 13: 9783837638349

Published by Transcript Verlag Mai 2022, 2022

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Neuware -This study is a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and its application in a literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century. We encounter well-known psycho-geographers such as Iain Sinclair and Sam Miller, and renowned authors, Patrick Neate and Suketu Mehta. Prachi More analyses these authors' accounts of vastly different cities such as London, Delhi, Mumbai, Johannesburg, New York and Tokyo. Are these urban narratives a contemporary solution to documenting an ever-evasive urban reality If so, how do they embody 'matters of concern' as Latour would have put it, laying bare modern-day 'actors' and 'networks' rather than reporting mere 'matters of fact' These questions are drawn into an inter-disciplinary discussion that addresses concerns and questions of epistemology, the sociology of knowledge as well as urban and documentary studies. 220 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Actors and Networks in the Megacity
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag Mai 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837638340
• ISBN 13: 9783837638349
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 148H x 16D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 349 grams

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Synopsis

This study is a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and its application in a literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century. We encounter well-known psycho-geographers such as Iain Sinclair and Sam Miller, and renowned authors, Patrick Neate and Suketu Mehta. Prachi More analyses these authors' accounts of vastly different cities such as London, Delhi, Mumbai, Johannesburg, New York and Tokyo. Are these urban narratives a contemporary solution to documenting an ever-evasive urban reality? If so, how do they embody "matters of concern" as Latour would have put it, laying bare modern-day "actors" and "networks" rather than reporting mere "matters of fact"? These questions are drawn into an inter-disciplinary discussion that addresses concerns and questions of epistemology, the sociology of knowledge as well as urban and documentary studies.

About the Author

Prachi More (PhD) taught at the English Studies Department at the University of Tubingen, Germany. Her research interests include New Materialisms, Smart Cities and Weird Fiction.