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03584aam a2200505 i 4500 001 181238D4253111EE91433F782CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230718010455 008 230105t20232023enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022055671 020 $a 1032483474 020 $a 9781032483474 020 $a 1032483385 020 $a 9781032483382 035 $a (OCoLC)1351893351 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PL2419.S34 $b L86 2023 082 00 $a 895.13/087620906 $2 23/eng/20230309 100 1 $a Luo, Xiaoming, $d 1978- $e author. 245 10 $a Unlocking the future : $b the urban imagination in contemporary Chinese science fiction / $c Luo Xiaoming. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2023. 300 $a 181 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Locating the future in contemporary Chinese life -- The divided city: imagining the urban in contemporary Chinese science fiction -- Time as variation: "China speed" and synchronic illusions -- "Urban malaise" and the new infrastructures of city life -- When the future gazes at urban-rural relations in China -- Alternative "civilizations" -- Unlocking the future: characterizing "hope" in contemporary Chinese society -- Conclusion: Breaking free of the cocoon. 520 $a "The book highlights the urban imagination in contemporary Chinese science fiction, in order to assess the capacity of Chinese society to conceive of the future. The author argues that 'the future' is a set of directional and normative ideas that forms the basis of the entire social mobilization mechanism in China, while the capacity to imagine the future is likely to be produced in response to the present challenges. By discussing the urban space, the reconstruction of time, the infrastructure, and concepts of the urban-rural and civilization in contemporary Chinese science fiction, she demonstrates how contemporary Chinese sci-fi may offer potential solutions to ways of 'unlocking' the future. In addition, she also points out the limitations of Chinese society's imaginative vision of the future. The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students of modern Chinese literature, science fiction studies, urban studies or cultural studies"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Science fiction, Chinese $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Chinese fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Chinese fiction $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Future, The, in literature. 650 0 $a Public spaces in literature. 650 0 $a Cities and towns in literature. 650 7 $a Chinese fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00857362 650 7 $a Cities and towns in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861865 650 7 $a Future, The, in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01899776 650 7 $a Public spaces in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01083063 650 7 $a Science fiction, Chinese. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108660 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01986215 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Luo, Xiaoming, 1978- $t Unlocking the future $d Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 $z 9781003388562 $w (DLC) 2022055672 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024827.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=181238D4253111EE91433F782CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search