{"product_id":"transnational-railway-cultures-trains-in-music-literature-film-and-visual-art-9781789209181","title":"Transnational Railway Cultures: Trains in Music,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSince 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e” [This] edited volume will be of interest to historians of technology as it engages with concepts usually analyzed by the discipline. The notion of techno-scientific progress (and its persistence) is the most visible (with trains assuming the role of icon of modernity, contrasting with the backwardness embodied in characters and landscapes surrounding them).”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Technology and Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Using interdisciplinary methods, the stimulating essays in this collection consider the ways that a wide variety of cultural texts represent the experience of train travel across national borders.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sunny Stalter-Pace\u003c\/strong\u003e, Auburn University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A welcome addition to the growing scholarship on the cultural history of the railway, expanding the scope of inquiry geographically and culturally. All in all, a fascinating exploration of trains, cultures, nations, and passengers confronting borders, mobility, and migration.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anna Despotopoulou\u003c\/strong\u003e, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Fraser and Steven Spalding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Railway Arts: Sound and Space Beyond Borders\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAimée Boutin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t    \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1 Appendix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Sonic Force of the Machine Ensemble: Transnational Objectification in Steve Reich’s \u003cem\u003eDifferent Trains\u003c\/em\u003e (1988)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Fraser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Genealogy of Apocalyptic Trains: \u003cem\u003eSnowpiercer\u003c\/em\u003e and Its Precursors in the Transnational Literature of Transport\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn D. Schwetman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dangerous Borders: Modernization and the Gothic Mode in \u003cem\u003eHorror Express\u003c\/em\u003e (1972) and \u003cem\u003eHowl\u003c\/em\u003e (2015)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, and Juan Juvé\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Anachronism, Ambivalence, and (Trans)National Self-reference: Tracking the English Literary Chunnel from 1986 on\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHeather Joyce\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Crossing Borders On and Beyond the Train in \u003cem\u003eJoan of Arc of Mongolia\u003c\/em\u003e (1989)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSteven D. Spalding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Cosmopolitan Writer: Exploring Representations on the Underground Railways of Buenos Aires and Paris through Julio Cortázar\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDhan Zunino Singh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Railway Bazaars: Transnational Discourses of Difference and Nostalgia in Contemporary India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAbhishek Chatterjee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Memories of Trains and Trains of Memory: Journeys from Past-Futures to Present-Pasts in \u003cem\u003eEl Tren de la Memoria\u003c\/em\u003e (2005)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAraceli Masterson-Algar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nord-Sud: The Parisian Metro and Transnational Avant-Garde Artistic Mobilities and Movements in Early Twentieth-Century Paris\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eScott D. Juall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mind the Gap\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Fraser and Steven D. Spalding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042567979351,"sku":"9781789209181","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789209181.jpg?v=1750954677","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transnational-railway-cultures-trains-in-music-literature-film-and-visual-art-9781789209181","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}