{"product_id":"urban-undergrounds-contemporary-literary-and-cultural-perspectives-paperback","title":"Urban Undergrounds: Contemporary Literary and Cultural Perspectives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia García\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Pike\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch in urban development has increasingly emphasized the importance of underground infrastructure for envisaging sustainable cities and for critiquing the economies of extraction. \u003ci\u003eUrban Undergrounds \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates the urgency of integrating a below-ground perspective into the emerging field of urban humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia García\u003c\/b\u003e is Ramón y Cajal Senior Researcher in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Her publications include the monographs \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century European Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and \u003ci\u003eSpace and the Postmodern Fantastic in Contemporary Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). She is the Chair of the research network Fringe Urban Narratives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Pike\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Literature and Film at American University, USA. Among his monographs are \u003ci\u003ePassage through Hell: Modernist Descents, Medieval Underworlds \u003c\/i\u003e(1997); \u003cem\u003eSubterranean Cities: The World beneath Paris and London 1800-1945 \u003c\/em\u003e(2005); \u003cem\u003eMetropolis on the Styx: The Underworlds of Modern Urban Culture, 1800-2001\u003c\/em\u003e (2007); \u003cem\u003eCold War Space and Culture in the 1960s and 1980s: The Bunkered Decades \u003c\/em\u003e(2021); \u003cem\u003eCorruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City \u003c\/em\u003e(with Malini Ranganathan and Sapana Doshi; 2023) and \u003cem\u003eAfter the End: Cold War Culture and Apocalyptic Imaginations in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/em\u003e (2024). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704300269875,"sku":"9781032914633","price":100.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/fLzPLDEvFQ9781032914633.webp?v=1763351806","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/urban-undergrounds-contemporary-literary-and-cultural-perspectives-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}