Actors and Networks in the Megacity - A Literary Analysis of Urban Narratives

Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory is applied to literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century, exploring epistemology, sociology of knowledge, and urban and documentary studies. Authors include Iain Sinclair, Sam Miller, Patrick Neate, and Suketu Mehta, with Prachi More analyzing their accounts of diverse cities.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 08 December 2021
Publisher: Transcript Verlag

This study provides a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and its application in a literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century. It explores the accounts of well-known psycho-geographers and renowned authors, including Iain Sinclair, Sam Miller, Patrick Neate, and Suketu Mehta, who have written about diverse cities such as London, Delhi, Mumbai, Johannesburg, New York, and Tokyo. The study aims to examine whether these urban narratives offer a contemporary solution to documenting the ever-evasive urban reality and, if so, how 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. The study draws on an interdisciplinary discussion that addresses concerns and questions of epistemology, the sociology of knowledge, as well as urban and documentary studies.

Weight: 666g
Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783837638349