Programming the Future: Politics, Resistance, and Utopia in Contemporary Speculative TV

by Sherryl Vint and Professor Sherryl Vint

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From 9/11 to COVID-19, the twenty-first century looks increasingly dystopian--and so do its television shows. Long-form science fiction narratives take one step further the fears of today: liberal democracy in crisis, growing economic precarity, the threat of terrorism, and omnipresent corporate control. At the same time, many of these shows attempt to visualize alternatives, using dystopian extrapolations to spotlight the possibility of building...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231198302

ISBN13:9780231198301

Release Date:November 2022

Publisher:Wallflower Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.21 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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