Fantastic Cities - 9781496836625

Fantastic CitiesAmerican Urban Spaces in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror\nAuthor(s): Stefan Rabitsch, Michael Fuchs, Stefan L. Brandt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496836625, 978-1496836625\nSynopsis\nMetropolis, Gotham City, Mega-City One, Panems Capitol, the Sprawl, Caprica CityAmerican (and Americanized) urban environments have always been a part of the fantastic imagination. Fantastic Cities: American Urban Spaces in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror focuses on the American city as a fantastic geography constrained neither by media nor rigid genre boundaries. Fantastic Cities builds on a mix of theoretical and methodological tools that are drawn from criticism of the fantastic, media studies, cultural studies, American studies, and urban studies.\n\nContributors explore cultural media across many platforms such as Christopher Nolans Dark Knight Trilogy, the Arkham Asylum.