Metropolitan metamorphosis: posthuman transformations in the urbanised world of 'Good Hunting'.
The present paper takes a critical posthumanist lens to study the consequences of rapid urbanisation of the Chinese landscape as presented in the short story 'Good Hunting', by Ken Liu. One of the main characters in the story is Yan, a huli jing (fox-spirit), whose ability to switch between her fox...
| Publicado en: | Journal for Cultural Research Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 489 - 502 |
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Sep2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=187408292&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 187408292 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14797585 QMJ jtl: Journal for Cultural Research issn: 14797585 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Sep2025 vid: 29 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 187408292 10.1080/14797585.2024.2405573 ppf: 489 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 261KB tig: atl: Metropolitan metamorphosis: posthuman transformations in the urbanised world of 'Good Hunting'. aug: au: Krishna, Mahesh Kumar, Nagendra affil: Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India su: Posthumanism Urbanization Landscape changes Landscapes Psychological adaptation Metamorphosis Liminality China sug: subj: China Posthumanism Urbanization Landscape changes Landscapes Psychological adaptation Metamorphosis Liminality keyword: postcolonialism posthumanism science fiction ab: The present paper takes a critical posthumanist lens to study the consequences of rapid urbanisation of the Chinese landscape as presented in the short story 'Good Hunting', by Ken Liu. One of the main characters in the story is Yan, a huli jing (fox-spirit), whose ability to switch between her fox and human forms is severely impaired by the loss of remnant nature in China, and the subsequent erosion of the qi from the soil. It is not just the natural landscape that undergoes a transformation during urbanisation – the remnants of nature do not remain untouched by this process. Beings like Yan, who continue to inhabit the place that used to be their home, do not remain the same that they were pre-urbanisation. The city changes them, moulds them in ways hitherto inconceivable, and they undergo this transmogrification of their bodies and their self in order to survive. The article draws out the historical relationship between urban spaces and (post)human bodies, with a specific focus on the Chinese body, drawing parallels between the ideals associated with the city and juxtaposing them with what it means to be posthuman. The paper also interrogates Yan's status as a liminal entity before and after Hong Kong's transformation, and her use of liminality as a survival strategy. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Literary Criticism src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal for Cultural Research is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal for Cultural Research holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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