Dark Horizons Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination

Name: Dark Horizons Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination
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ISBN: 9780415966139

ISBN-10: 0415966132

ISBN-13: 9780415966139

Edition: 2003

Authors: Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini

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This collection of essays draws out the ways in which contemporary science fiction literature and film has served as a prophetic vehicle for writers with ethical and political concerns.

Book details

List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/18/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 276
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.33" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Contents


Acknowledgments


Introduction: "Dystopia and Histories"




"Utopia in Dark Times: Optimism/Pessimism and Utopia/Dystopia"




"Genre Blending and the Critical Dystopia"




"The Writing of Utopia and the Feminist Critial Dystopia: Suzy MKee Charnas' Holdfast Series"




"Cyberpunk and Dystopia: Pat Cadigan's Networks"




Posthuman Bodies and Agency in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis "




"'A useful knowledge of the present is rooted in the past': Memory and Historical Reconciliation in Ursula



The Telling Raffaella Baccolini



"'The moment is here...and it's important': State, Agency, and Dystopia in Kim



Antarctica and Ursula



The Telling "




"Unmasking the Real? Critique and Utopia in Recent SF Films"




"Where the Prospective Horizon is Omitted: Naturalism and Dystopia in Fight Club and Ghost Dog "




"Theses on Dystopia and Anti-Utopia"




"Concrete Dystopia: Slavery and its Others"




"The Problem of the 'Flawed Utopia': A Note on the Costs of Eutopia"



Conclusion: "Critical Dystopia and Possibilities"



Notes on Contributors


Index