Interzone (fictional city)
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Interzone (fictional city) is a surreal, hallucinatory metropolis in William S. Burroughs’ work, blending elements of Tangier and other international zones into a nightmarish landscape of vice, control, and political intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interzone (fictional city) canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
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fictional location ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Naked Lunch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nova Express NERFINISHED ⓘ The Soft Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ticket That Exploded NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Burroughsian mythology
ⓘ
cut-up technique ⓘ |
| creator | William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Naked Lunch (1959) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
competing control systems
ⓘ
shadowy authorities ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType |
addicts
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corrupt officials ⓘ criminals ⓘ sex workers ⓘ spies ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
cosmopolitan
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decadent ⓘ hallucinatory ⓘ nightmarish ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
addiction
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bureaucratic oppression ⓘ control ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ sexual experimentation ⓘ surveillance ⓘ vice ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Tangier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
international zone of Tangier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired |
depictions of zones of exception in literature
ⓘ
later cyberpunk cityscapes ⓘ |
| language | English (primary narrative language) ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modeledOn |
North African port city
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extraterritorial colonial enclave ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
allegory of late capitalism
ⓘ
psychic landscape of the protagonist ⓘ |
| partOf | Burroughs universe ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Interzone (short story collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
liminal space between realities
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postcolonial power structures ⓘ psychic and social fragmentation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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