ISBN:
9780822373018
,
0822373017
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 226 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
809.3/876
Keywords:
Speculative fiction
;
Finance in literature
;
Future, The, in literature
;
Speculation
;
Zukunft
;
Spekulation
;
Literatur
;
Fiktion
;
Asien
;
USA
;
Asien
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Spekulation
;
Fiktion
;
Zukunft
Abstract:
On speculation: fiction, finance, and futurity -- Imperial rubber: the speculative arcs of Karen Tei Yamashita's rainforest futures -- Homeland futurity: speculations at the border -- Speculation and the speculum: necropolitical surrogations of futurity -- The cruel optimism of the Asian century -- Salt fish futures: the irradiated transpacific and the financialization of the human genome project -- Speculation as discourse, speculation as exuberance
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
DOI:
10.1215/9780822373018
