
Histories of the Future
By: Susan Harding (Editor), Daniel Rosenberg (Editor)
Hardcover | 21 July 2005
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376 Pages
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In tightly linked studies, the contributors excavate forgotten and emergent futures of art, religion, technology, economics, and politics. They trace hidden histories of science fiction, futurism, and millennialism and break down barriers between far-flung cultural spheres. From the boardrooms of Silicon Valley to the forests of Java and from the literary salons of Tokyo to the roadside cafes of the Nevada desert, the authors stitch together the disparate images and stories of futures past and present. "Histories of the Future" is further punctuated by three interludes: a thought-provoking game that invites players to fashion future narratives of their own, a metafiction by renowned novelist Jonathan Lethem, and a remarkable graphic research tool: a timeline of timelines.
"Contributors." Sasha Archibald, Susan Harding, Jamer Hunt, Pamela Jackson, Susan Lepselter, Jonathan Lethem, Joseph Masco, Christopher Newfield, Elizabeth Pollman, Vicente Rafael, Daniel Rosenberg, Miryam Sas, Kathleen Stewart, Anna Tsing
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Acknowledgments | |
Introduction: Histories of the Future | |
A Notebook on Desert Modernism: From the Nevada Test Site to Liberace's Two-Hundred-Pound Suit | |
How to Make Resources in Order to Destroy Them (and Then Save Them?) on the Salvage Frontier | |
The Cell Phone and the Crowd: Messianic Politics in the Contemporary Philippines | |
Global Futures: The Game | |
Electronic Memory | |
All That Is Solid Melts into Sauce: Futurists, Surrealists, and Molded Food | |
Sing Out Ubik | |
Access Fantasy: A Story | |
Subject, City, Machine | |
Manifesto of the Japanese Futurist Movement | |
The Future of the Old Economy: New Deal Motives in New Economy Investors | |
Why Rachel Isn't Buried at Her Grave: Ghosts, UFOs, and a Place in the West | |
The Trouble with Timelines and a Timeline of Timelines | |
Living Prophecy at Heaven's Gate | |
Trauma Time: A Still Life | |
Bibliography | |
Notes on Contributors | |
Index | |
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ISBN: 9780822334859
ISBN-10: 0822334852
Published: 21st July 2005
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 376
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 24.77 x 16.51 x 3.18
Weight (kg): 0.77
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