“Soon it would be too hot” : Revisiting The Drowned World
Journal article
Clement, Tracey. (2018). “Soon it would be too hot” : Revisiting The Drowned World. Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture. 3(1), pp. 26-54.
Authors | Clement, Tracey |
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Abstract | We have entered an era in which we are threatened simultaneously by a revivified cold war and the ongoing calamity of climate change. I argue in this article that now is a good time to revisit J. G. Ballard’s 1962 novel The Drowned World. In its intertextual landscape, we find two real ruined cities (Hiroshima and New Orleans) that symbolize our two concurrent human-made eschatological threats. And revisiting The Drowned World now offers a timely reminder of the dangers of an anthropocentric worldview. Furthermore, this postapocalyptic story presents at least two ethically sound responses to the human-made crises we are complicit in creating. The Drowned World remains as relevant now as when it was written more than half a century ago. |
Keywords | Ballard; climate change; Cold War; extinction; population; postapocalyptic; The Drowned World |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture |
Journal citation | 3 (1), pp. 26-54 |
Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
ISSN | 2380-7687 |
2380-7679 | |
Web address (URL) | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/701299 |
Page range | 26-54 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Aug 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Jul 2023 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z5vy/-soon-it-would-be-too-hot-revisiting-the-drowned-world
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