American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781800081000)

A fresh, provocative history of urban ruins in popular culture.

American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction traces the image of urban ruins across twentieth- and twenty-first-century American media. Surveying pulp magazines, radio dramas, films, video games, and the transmedia franchise, Robert Yeates explores how the synergy of technological innovation and artistic vision created an increasingly immersive space to reimagine the urban future. Through a series of medium-specific case studies, Yeates offers provocative new readings of familiar works such as Blade Runner and The Walking Dead situated against a fresh history of ruined cities in American literature.


Author: Robert Yeates
ISBN-10: 1800081006
ISBN-13: 9781800081000
Publisher: UCL Press
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2022
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.30w x 0.87d