Dystopian Spitafileds

Ramble City: Postmodernism and Blade Runner
GIULIANA BRUNO
October, No. 41 (1987), pp. 66

 

It is a place of vast immigration, from countries of overpopulation and poverty. While immigrants crowd the city, the indigenous petite bourgeoisie moves to the suburbs or to the "off- world" as the case may be. Abandoned buildings and neighborhoods in decay adjoin highly populated, crowded old areas, themselves set next to new, high- tech business districts.