The Cambridge companion to American utopian literature and culture since 1945 / edited by Sherryl Vint.

Other author Vint, Sherryl, 1969-
Other author Cambridge University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Descriptionxi, 312 pages 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : utopianism in dark times / Sherryl Vint -- Pandemics and the lesson of history / Priscilla Wald -- American futures / Phillip E. Wegner -- Engendering utopia : the force of gender and the limits of feminism / Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor -- America and/as White supremacy / Edward K. Chan and Patricia Ventura -- American spirituality / Andrew Tate -- Black escapes and Black wishlands / Jerry Rafiki Jenkins -- Latinx belonging in new world borders : Mestiz@ rhetoric and critical utopian/dystopian dialectics of ambivalence / Ruben R. Mendoza -- Educating desire : young adult utopian fiction / Jonathan Alexander -- Utopia after American hegemony / Peter Boxall -- Technological fantasies / Matthew Wolf-Meyer -- Utopian spaces / Roger Luckhurst -- Environmentalism and ecotopias / Gerry Canavan -- Economic justice / Hugh C. O'Connell -- Renewing democracy / Mathias Nilges -- The time of new histories : utopian possibility in America's twenty-first century / John Rieder.
Abstract "Providing a comprehensive overview of American thought in the period following World War II, this Companion charts how the utopian has been understood in America since the country became a global leader. Individual chapters explore climate change, economic justice, technology, utopian traditions outside Western frameworks, and more"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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LCCN 2024012180
ISBN9781009180061 (hardback)
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