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

This study is a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and its application in a literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century. We encounter well-known psycho-geographers such as Iain Sinclair and Sam Miller, and renowned authors, Patrick Neate and Suketu Mehta. Prach...

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Autor principal: Prachi More
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