Science Fiction Cinema in the Twenty-First Century
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Science Fiction Cinema in the Twenty-First Century

Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns

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Science Fiction Cinema in the Twenty-First Century

Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns

About this book

Recent films are increasingly using themes and conventions of science fiction such as dystopian societies, catastrophic environmental disasters, apocalyptic scenarios, aliens, monsters, time travel, teleportation, and supernatural abilities to address cosmopolitan concerns such as human rights, climate change, economic precarity, and mobility. This book identifies and analyses the new transnational turn towards cosmopolitanism in science fiction cinema since the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The book considers a wide selection of examples, including case studies of films such as Elysium, In Time, 2012, Andrew Niccol's The Host, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, and Cloud Atlas. It also questions the seeming cosmopolitanism of these narratives and exposes how they sometimes reproduce social hierarchies and exploitative practices.

Dealing with diverse, interdisciplinary concerns represented in cinema, this book in the Studies in Global Genre Fiction series will be of interest to readers and scholars working in the fields of science fiction, film and media studies, cosmopolitanism, border theory, popular culture, and cultural studies. It will also appeal to fans of science fiction cinema and literature.

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Yes, you can access Science Fiction Cinema in the Twenty-First Century by Pablo Gómez-Muñoz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Regional Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge India
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781032535876
eBook ISBN
9781000786552
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Regional Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. CONTENTS
  8. List of Figures
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction: Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns
  11. 1 Systemic Dystopias through a Cosmopolitan Lens: Contesting Global Neoliberalism
  12. 2 Greening Apocalypse: Eco-Conscious Disaster and the Biopolitics of Climate Change
  13. 3 Love for the Alien Same: Interplanetary Romance and Kinship as Harbingers of Ambivalent Cosmopolitanism
  14. 4 The Cosmopolitan Potential of Connections across Time and Space
  15. Conclusion
  16. Works Cited
  17. Index