{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-american-utopian-literature-and-culture-since-1945-hardback-9781009180061","title":"The Cambridge Companion to American Utopian Literature and Culture since 1945 (Hardback) 9781009180061","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to American Utopian Literature and Culture since 1945\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides an overview of ways that utopian thinking has shaped American culture, focusing on the need to remake imperial USA.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSherryl Vint (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009180061, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.3 cm, 0.617 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProviding a comprehensive overview of American thought in the period following World War II, after which the US became a global military and economic leader, this book explores the origins of American utopianism and provides a trenchant critique from the point of view of those left out of the hegemonic ideal. Centring the voices of those oppressed by or omitted from the consumerist American Dream, this book celebrates alternative ways of thinking about how to create a better world through daily practices of generosity, justice, and care. The chapters collected here emphasize utopianism as a practice of social transformation, not as a literary genre depicting a putatively perfect society, and urgently make the case for why we need utopian thought today. With chapters on climate change, economic justice, technology, and more, alongside chapters exploring utopian traditions outside Western frameworks, this book opens a new discussion in utopian thought and theory.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: utopianism in dark times Sherryl Vint\u003cbr\u003e 1. Pandemics and the lesson of history Priscilla Wald\u003cbr\u003e 2. American futures Phillip E. Wegner\u003cbr\u003e 3. Engendering utopia: the force of gender and the limits of feminism Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor\u003cbr\u003e 4. America and\/as white supremacy Edward K. Chan and Patricia Ventura\u003cbr\u003e 5. American spirituality Andrew Tate\u003cbr\u003e 6. Black escapes and Black wishlands Jerry Rafiki Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e 7. Latinx belonging in new world borders: Mestiz@ rhetoric and critical utopian\/dystopian dialectics of ambivalence Rubén R. Mendoza, Ph.D.\u003cbr\u003e 8. Educating desire: young adult utopian fiction Jonathan Alexander\u003cbr\u003e 9. Utopia after American hegemony Peter Boxall\u003cbr\u003e 10. Technological fantasies Matthew Wolf-Meyer\u003cbr\u003e 11. Utopian spaces Roger Luckhurst\u003cbr\u003e 12. Environmentalism and ecotopias Gerry Canavan\u003cbr\u003e 13. Economic justice Hugh C. O'Connell\u003cbr\u003e 14. Renewing democracy Mathias Nilges\u003cbr\u003e 15. The time of new histories: utopian possibility in America's twenty-first century John Rieder\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410828063000,"sku":"9781009180061","price":73.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009180061i.jpg?v=1784252458","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-american-utopian-literature-and-culture-since-1945-hardback-9781009180061","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}