Spatial Modernities: Geography, Narrative, Imaginaries

The collection of essays in this book explores the literary and cultural forms that have emerged as a result of modernity's spatial transformations, particularly in the context of increased mobility and global networks. It examines the narrative and poetic dimensions of modern discourses and imaginaries and how they have shaped our geographical sensibilities. The contributors engage in a dialogue between literature, cinema, art history, geography, architecture, cultural semiotics, and political science to examine the textual forms of different spatial modernities. They trace an arc from Thomas More's Utopia to the digital spatiality of contemporary autobiographical film, treating texts as active cultural forces that crystallize, reinforce, interrogate, or complicate the spatial imaginaries of modernity through their own narrative and poetic form.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 232 pages
\n Publication date: 30 September 2020
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This collection of essays delves into a profound exploration of the literary and cultural forms that have emerged as a result of modernity's spatial transformations, which have gained heightened significance in our increasingly mobile and interconnected global world. The book offers a comprehensive perspective on the narrative and poetic dimensions of the modern discourses and imaginaries that have shaped our contemporary geographical sensibilities. As we navigate the early twenty-first century, we continue to grapple with the enduring spatial impacts of the 'early' and 'high' modern developments, and the contemporary crises surrounding political boundaries and geopolitical orders in various parts of the world have intensified our spatial anxieties. It is imperative that we engage in a sustained analysis of individual perceptions, cultural constructions, and political implications of spatial processes, movements, and relations.

The contributors to this book bring a unique interdisciplinary approach, engaging in a dialogue between literature, cinema, art history, geography, architecture, cultural semiotics, and political science. Through their creative synthesis, they redefine twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory and philosophy to examine the textual forms of diverse spatial modernities. The chapters of this book not only engage with the cartographies, crossings, and displacements depicted within various texts and media but also pay close attention to the ways in which these mediums create and perform space and mobility. Tracing an arc from Thomas More's Utopia to the digital spatiality of contemporary autobiographical film, they treat texts as active cultural forces that crystallize, reinforce, interrogate, or complicate the spatial imaginaries of modernity through their intricate narratives and poetic expressions.

In conclusion, this collection of essays provides a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of the complex interplay between literature, culture, space, and mobility in the modern world. It offers valuable insights into the ways in which spatial transformations have shaped our understanding of the world and highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the spatial dimensions of our contemporary lives.

\n Weight: 372g\n
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367666538\n \n