Unstainable Dystopias: The Meaning of the City in Abdelrahman Munif’s Cities of Salt

Activity: Talk or presentationOral presentation

Description

The motifs typically explored by critics of Saudi dissident Abdelrahman Munif’s seminal petrofiction and postcolonial masterpiece warrant further investigation; yet the novel’s idea of the city invites particular attention as a prophetic voice in a world shaped by carbon-fuel dependent urbanizing neo-liberal forces.
Period11 Nov 202114 Nov 2021
Event title118th Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference: City of God, City of Destruction
Event typeConference
Conference number118
LocationLas Vegas, United StatesShow on map