Yesterday's tomorrows : on utopia and dystopia

Gallardo, Pere, (editor.). Russell, Elizabeth, 1948- (editor.).

Summary: 2012 was a year of financial crises and ecological disasters, of endings and forebodings. The world did not end on December 21st as the Mayan calendar predicted, but became the stage for new beginnings, utopian communities, protest groups and solidarity movements. The essays in this book form an intertextual space for negotiating meaningful facts and fictions with an aim to understanding the present. Discussions focus on utopia and dystopia from literature and film, not only within the fram ...

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ISBN: 144385588X
ISBN: 9781443855884
ISBN: 9781306549660
ISBN: 1306549663
ISBN: 1443858773
ISBN: 9781443858779
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; PART II; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI; PART III; CHAPTER XII; CHAPTER XIII; CHAPTER XIV; CHAPTER XV; CHAPTER XVI; CHAPTER XVII; CHAPTER XVIII; PART IV; CHAPTER XIX; CHAPTER XX; CHAPTER XXI; CHAPTER XXII; CHAPTER XXIII; CHAPTER XXIV; PART V; CHAPTER XXV; CHAPTER XXVI; CHAPTER XXVII; CHAPTER XXVIII; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.