Science Fiction Cinema in the Twenty-First Century - Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns

This book critically analyses the role of transnational interactions and cosmopolitan ideals in the science fiction cinemas of twenty-first century.

Sommario

Introduction: Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns
1. Systemic Dystopias through a Cosmopolitan Lens: Contesting Global Neoliberalism
2. Greening Apocalypse: Eco-Conscious Disaster and the Biopolitics of Climate Change
3. Love for the Alien Same: Interplanetary Romance and Kinship as Harbingers of Ambivalent Cosmopolitanism
4. The Cosmopolitan Potential of Connections across Time and Space
Conclusion

Info autore

Pablo Gómez-Muñoz is Assistant Professor of English and Film at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). His research interests are transnational cinema, science fiction, borders, cosmopolitanism, globalization, precarity, and spectacle. His work has been published in journals such as Geopolitics, Journal of Transnational American Studies, and Atlantis and volumes such as Making Sense of Popular Culture and Frontières au Cinéma.

Riassunto

This book critically analyses the role of transnational interactions and cosmopolitan ideals in the science fiction cinemas of twenty-first century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pablo (Faculty of Arts Gomez-Munoz, Pablo Gómez-Muñoz, Pablo Gomez (Faculty of Arts Munoz, Pablo Gómez Muñoz
• Con la collaborazione di: Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay (Editore della collana), Taryne Jade Taylor (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367715328
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71532-8
• Pagine: 182
• Serie: Studies in Global Genre Fiction
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Dystopian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, ART / Film & Video, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Film: styles & genres, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism