Yesterday's tomorrows : on utopia and dystopia /

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 int...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Gallardo, Pere (Editor), Russell, Elizabeth, 1948- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
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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 ...
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443858779
1443858773
1306549663
9781306549660
9781443855884
144385588X
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