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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...

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Published in:Journal for Cultural Research Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 489 - 502
Main Authors: Krishna, Mahesh, Kumar, Nagendra
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2025
Subjects:
Posthumanism
Urbanization
Landscape changes
Landscapes
Psychological adaptation
Metamorphosis
Liminality
China
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