London post-2010 in British literature and culture / edited by Oliver von Knebel Doeberitz, Ralf Schneider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knebel Doeberitz, Oliver von, editor.

Schneider, Ralf, editor.

Series:

Spatial practices ; Volume 24.

Spatial Practices, 1871-689X ; Volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--21st century--History and criticism.

English literature.

London (England)--In literature.

London (England).

London (England)--In mass media.

London (England)--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2017.

Summary:

London post-2010 in British Literature and Culture explores cultural and literary representations of London since around 2010 and focuses on a period in which a string of celebratory national and global media events, but also riots and anti-capitalist protests have cemented London’s status as a paradigmatic world city. This collection of articles brings together a wide variety of topics, such as the 2011 London riots, the London Olympics of 2012, royal festivities, the Tube anniversary, memorials, and London in recent novels and blockbuster films. The contributions look at the way in which cultural and literary texts articulate competing versions of the contemporary city, oscillating between either supporting or subverting the hegemonic narrative of London as a place of cosmopolitan harmony and inclusion.

Contents:

Introduction / Oliver von Knebel Doeberitz and Ralf Schneider

No ‘Insoreckshan’ in the Global City? Representations of London Rioting, 1981 and 2011 / Nicole Falkenhayner

Capital/Rebel City: London 2012 and the Struggle for Hegemony – Reflections on the Spatiality of Power / Florian Cord

Shakespeare 2012 – Staging a Cosmopolitan Capital / Stefanie Brenzel

New Royal London: Re-branding London, Re-staging Monarchy1 / Jürgen Ronthaler

The Mobile Olympic City: London, City Branding, and the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony / Oliver von Knebel Doeberitz

A Tale of Many Londons: Media Representations of the Rhizomatic Metropolis in the Aftermath of Woolwich / Julia Arifeen

London Remembers: The Bomber Command Memorial and Recent Memories of War in the British Capital / Christoph Ehland

Fighting on the Home Front: Skyfall (2012) and James Bond’s London / Wieland Schwanebeck

Experiencing Global Wealth in London: Authentic Voice in Attack the Block and The Secret Service: Kingsman / Jonatan Jalle Steller

Lines of Disconnection: The Penguin London Tube Anniversary Series (2013) / Barbara Korte and Georg Zipp

‘Clearly Money Has Something to Do with Life’1 – But What Exactly? Reflections on Recent Credit Crunch Fiction(s) / Jürgen Kramer

The Wisdom of the Folly: Co-operative Diversity in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London Series / Stefanie Lethbridge

‘London’s destructions, dreamed-up and real’:1 The Apocalyptic City of China Miéville / Christian W. Schneider.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-34401-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004344013 DOI