@book{01K7SVA9P21F58YQ9RXEQGRDAE,
  abstract     = {{Psychogeography in the Twenty-First Century: Embodiment and the City offers an updated and comprehensive study of urban practice through the intersections of urbanity, sociology, politics, aesthetics, and the sciences. Building on foundational texts such as Merlin Coverley’s work, this study highlights contemporary methodologies that reflect the diverse backgrounds and embodied experiences of psychogeographers in urban environments. Its examination of recent works of key figures, including Laura Oldfield Ford, Nicola White Mudlark, Priti Pandurangan, and McKenzie Wark, emphasizes their intentional use of digital technologies, online platforms and exhibitions to share détourné artifacts (e.g., writings, photographs, drawings, and maps, as demonstrated at the Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography) as counter-narratives to institutionalized portrayals of the city. In doing so, Psychogeography in the Twenty-First Century also underscores the significance of multimodality and transmediality in representing the complex urban experiences of psychogeographers from intersectional and marginalized backgrounds. Furthermore, it highlights the affective impact of the works on recipients, triggering multiple senses and offering new insights into urban life and embodied experiences of the city. This connection to embodied cognition is explored further through the introduction of the concept of psychogeographical literary moments (pace Tan 2023; also forthcoming by Bloomsbury Academic), which expands the discussion of psychogeography beyond its traditional boundaries. This inclusion cements the role of psychogeography in contemporary works, as English scholars have noted its centrality in contemporary British fiction, though often without fully addressing the hows and whys. By incorporating examples from texts like Monica Ali’s Brick Lane and Anna Burns’s Milkman, this formal introduction of psychogeographical literary moments clarifies narrative techniques and themes connected to the ethos of the urban practice in British fiction published since 2000. In addition, it illuminates the embodied lived experiences not just of characters, but also of readers, with the latter demonstrating the real-life effects of psychogeographical literary moments on people’s beliefs and behaviour in the post-reading phase. By integrating concepts from embodied cognition, Psychogeography in the Twenty-First Century offers an up-to-date understanding of the urban practice’s role in shaping the processes of sense-making and identity formation. In doing so, it positions contemporary psychogeography as a powerful social tool that bridges the divide especially between the sciences and aesthetics.}},
  author       = {{Tan, Kai Qing}},
  keywords     = {{psychogeography,literary urban studies,urban resistance,embodiment,embodied cognition,feminist psychogeography,intersectionality,disability studies}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Anthem Press}},
  title        = {{Psychogeography in the twenty-first century : embodiment and the city}},
  year         = {{2027}},
}