Beschreibung
Since the advent of train travel, railways have compressed space and crossed national boundaries to become transnational icons, evoking hope, dread, progress, or obsolescence in different cultural domains. Spanning five continents and a diverse range of contexts, this collection offers an unprecedentedly broad survey of global representations of trains. From experimental novels to Hollywood blockbusters, the works studied here chart fascinating routes across a remarkably varied cultural landscape.
Autorenportrait
Benjamin Fraser is Professor of Spanish in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona. He is the founding editor of theJournal of Urban Cultural Studies and co-editor ofTrains, Mobility and Culture (2012) andTrains, Literature and Culture (2012).
Inhalt
IntroductionBenjamin Fraser and Steven Spalding
Chapter 1. The Railway Arts: Sound and Space Beyond BordersAimée Boutin Chapter 1 Appendix
Chapter 2. The Sonic Force of the Machine Ensemble: Transnational Objectification in Steve ReichsDifferent Trains (1988)Benjamin Fraser
Chapter 3. A Genealogy of Apocalyptic Trains:Snowpiercer and Its Precursors in the Transnational Literature of TransportJohn D. Schwetman
Chapter 4. Dangerous Borders: Modernization and the Gothic Mode inHorror Express (1972) andHowl (2015)Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, and Juan Juve
Chapter 5. Anachronism, Ambivalence, and (Trans)National Self-reference: Tracking the English Literary Chunnel from 1986 onHeather Joyce
Chapter 6. Crossing Borders On and Beyond the Train inJoan of Arc of Mongolia (1989)Steven D. Spalding
Chapter 7. The Cosmopolitan Writer: Exploring Representations on the Underground Railways of Buenos Aires and Paris through Julio CortázarDhan Zunino Singh
Chapter 8. Literary Railway Bazaars: Transnational Discourses of Difference and Nostalgia in Contemporary IndiaAbhishek Chatterjee
Chapter 9. Memories of Trains and Trains of Memory: Journeys from Past-Futures to Present-Pasts inEl Tren de la Memoria (2005)Araceli Masterson-Algar
Chapter 10. Nord-Sud: The Parisian Metro and Transnational Avant-Garde Artistic Mobilities and Movements in Early Twentieth-Century ParisScott D. Juall
Conclusion: Mind the GapBenjamin Fraser and Steven D. Spalding
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