Beyond American Dystopia
On the Rise of Apocalyptic Visions in the Contemporary United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22910163 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Höhne (0000-0002-7073-665X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 271-277 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amerikastudien/American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-2827 • E-ISSN: 2625-2155 |
| Publisher | Universitatverlag WINTER Heidelberg (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33675/amst/2021/1/44 |
| OpenAlex | W3155339267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
According to recent media discourse, American contemporary life has finally managed to imitate art, specifically dystopian fiction. Especially in recent years, countless journal articles, TV reports, books, think pieces, and op-eds have claimed again and again that the United States is presently nothing more or less than a dystopian nightmare realized. A flood of headlines-for example, "Trump's America Is like a Dystopian Novel" (Feffer), "California Is Living America's Dystopian Future" (LeMenager), or simply "America Is a Dystopia" (Rajendra-Nicolucci)-present grim and cynical assessments of current political, social, and economic conditions, often with fatalistic undertones.
Aesthetics · Art · Dystopia · Political science · Sociology · Vision · American and British Literature Analysis · Anthropology · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |