Asbjørn Grønstad is Professor of Visual Culture in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Lene Johannessen is Professor of American Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen, Norway.

• Acknowledgments 1. Microutopias and Everyday HopeAsbjørn Grønstad (University of Bergen, Norway) and Lene Johannessen (University of Bergen, Norway) 2. Unrest and the Light of Utopia: Anarchism and ArchaeologyHenrik Gustafsson (Arctic University of Norway, Norway)3. "Don't you tempt me with perfection": Music, Death, and UtopiaZoltan Varga (Western Norway University, Norway) 4. Transnational Figurations of (Micro)utopia in C. N. Adichie's Americanah and K. Waclawiak's How to Get Into the Twin PalmsTijana Przulj (University of Bergen, Norway)5. How to Imagine MicroutopiasAnders Lysne (University of Bergen, Norway) 6. Micro-Ecotopic Power Lines in Fantasy LiteratureBirger Solheim (University of Bergen, Norway) 7. Microutopian EthicsAsbjørn Grønstad8. Brilliant Stacks of Cans: The Microutopian Impulse in White NoiseØyvind Vågnes (University of Bergen, Norway)9. A Working-Class Return to (Micro-)Utopia? Presentism, Bodies, and Nostalgia in Miranda July's KajillionaireHenriette Rørdal (University of Bergen, Norway)10. The Politics of Everyday Life: Orwell and the DispossessedRandi Koppen (University of Bergen, Norway)11. Everyday Utopias: Compasses of HopeLene Johannessen12. The Possibility of an Island: The White Lotus as Utopian HeterotopiaJanne Stigen Drangsholt (University of Stavanger, Norway)About the ContributorsIndex

Uncovering the utopian impulse in diverse cultural works, this elegant book attends to the many subtle, transient, dispersed moments of social hope, desire, and change. Developing the concept of microutopias through an analysis of films, literature, music and more, this book not only reveals the presence and importance of microutopianism within social life, but demonstrates what microutopianism offers as an analytical method. An original and vibrant contribution to utopian studies.

Asbjørn Grønstad is Professor of Visual Culture in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Lene Johannessen is Professor of American Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen, Norway.

• Acknowledgments 1. Microutopias and Everyday HopeAsbjørn Grønstad (University of Bergen, Norway) and Lene Johannessen (University of Bergen, Norway) 2. Unrest and the Light of Utopia: Anarchism and ArchaeologyHenrik Gustafsson (Arctic University of Norway, Norway)3. "Don't you tempt me with perfection": Music, Death, and UtopiaZoltan Varga (Western Norway University, Norway) 4. Transnational Figurations of (Micro)utopia in C. N. Adichie's Americanah and K. Waclawiak's How to Get Into the Twin PalmsTijana Przulj (University of Bergen, Norway)5. How to Imagine MicroutopiasAnders Lysne (University of Bergen, Norway) 6. Micro-Ecotopic Power Lines in Fantasy LiteratureBirger Solheim (University of Bergen, Norway) 7. Microutopian EthicsAsbjørn Grønstad8. Brilliant Stacks of Cans: The Microutopian Impulse in White NoiseØyvind Vågnes (University of Bergen, Norway)9. A Working-Class Return to (Micro-)Utopia? Presentism, Bodies, and Nostalgia in Miranda July's KajillionaireHenriette Rørdal (University of Bergen, Norway)10. The Politics of Everyday Life: Orwell and the DispossessedRandi Koppen (University of Bergen, Norway)11. Everyday Utopias: Compasses of HopeLene Johannessen12. The Possibility of an Island: The White Lotus as Utopian HeterotopiaJanne Stigen Drangsholt (University of Stavanger, Norway)About the ContributorsIndex

Uncovering the utopian impulse in diverse cultural works, this elegant book attends to the many subtle, transient, dispersed moments of social hope, desire, and change. Developing the concept of microutopias through an analysis of films, literature, music and more, this book not only reveals the presence and importance of microutopianism within social life, but demonstrates what microutopianism offers as an analytical method. An original and vibrant contribution to utopian studies.

Asbjørn Grønstad is Professor of Visual Culture in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Lene Johannessen is Professor of American Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen, Norway.

• Acknowledgments 1. Microutopias and Everyday HopeAsbjørn Grønstad (University of Bergen, Norway) and Lene Johannessen (University of Bergen, Norway) 2. Unrest and the Light of Utopia: Anarchism and ArchaeologyHenrik Gustafsson (Arctic University of Norway, Norway)3. "Don't you tempt me with perfection": Music, Death, and UtopiaZoltan Varga (Western Norway University, Norway) 4. Transnational Figurations of (Micro)utopia in C. N. Adichie's Americanah and K. Waclawiak's How to Get Into the Twin PalmsTijana Przulj (University of Bergen, Norway)5. How to Imagine MicroutopiasAnders Lysne (University of Bergen, Norway) 6. Micro-Ecotopic Power Lines in Fantasy LiteratureBirger Solheim (University of Bergen, Norway) 7. Microutopian EthicsAsbjørn Grønstad8. Brilliant Stacks of Cans: The Microutopian Impulse in White NoiseØyvind Vågnes (University of Bergen, Norway)9. A Working-Class Return to (Micro-)Utopia? Presentism, Bodies, and Nostalgia in Miranda July's KajillionaireHenriette Rørdal (University of Bergen, Norway)10. The Politics of Everyday Life: Orwell and the DispossessedRandi Koppen (University of Bergen, Norway)11. Everyday Utopias: Compasses of HopeLene Johannessen12. The Possibility of an Island: The White Lotus as Utopian HeterotopiaJanne Stigen Drangsholt (University of Stavanger, Norway)About the ContributorsIndex

Uncovering the utopian impulse in diverse cultural works, this elegant book attends to the many subtle, transient, dispersed moments of social hope, desire, and change. Developing the concept of microutopias through an analysis of films, literature, music and more, this book not only reveals the presence and importance of microutopianism within social life, but demonstrates what microutopianism offers as an analytical method. An original and vibrant contribution to utopian studies.