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What do literary dystopias reflect about the times? In "Blast,
Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase, "contributors address this amorphous but
pervasive genre, using diverse critical methodologies to examine
how North America is conveyed or portrayed in a perceived age of
crisis, accelerated uncertainty, and political volatility.
Drawing from contemporary novels such as Cormac McCarthy's "The
Road," Neil Gaiman's "American Gods," and the work of Margaret
Atwood and William Gibson (to name a few), this book examines
dystopian literature produced by North American authors between the
signing of NAFTA (1994) and the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (2011).
As the texts illustrate, awareness of and deep concern about
perceived vulnerabilities--ends of water, oil, food, capitalism,
empires, stable climates, ways of life, non-human species, and
entire human civilizations--have become central to public
discourseover the same period.
By asking questions such as "What are the distinctive qualities
of post-NAFTA North American dystopian literature?" and "What does
this literature reflect about the tensions and contradictions of
the inchoate continental community of North America?" "Blast,
Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase "serves to resituate dystopian writing
within a particular geo-social setting and introduce a productive
means to understand both North American dystopian writing and its
relevant engagements with a restricted, mapped reality.
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Follow Your Voice (Paperback)
Kristen Lucas; Illustrated by D A Terriah; Tara-Lee Lecours
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