Feminist posthumanism in contemporary science fiction film and media from Annihilation to High life and beyond / edited by Julia A. Empey and Russell J.A. Kilbourn.
| Other author | Empey, Julia A. |
| Other author | Kilbourn, Russell J. A. (Russell James Angus), 1964- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. |
| Description | x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Indigenous futurist and women-centered dystopian film / Missy Molloy -- Gender, sex, and feminist AI : thirteen theses on her / Sarah Stulz -- Her : a posthuman love story / Zorianna Zurba -- Posthuman mothers and reproductive biovalue in Blade Runner : 2049 and Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom / Jerika Sanderson -- Desirable and undesirable cyborg bodies in the Mass Effect video game trilogy / Sarah Stang -- Material entanglements and posthuman female subjectivity in Annihilation / Evdokia Stefanopoulou -- Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin : female embodiment and ecology / Meraj Dhir -- Living in color : feminist and posthuman ontology in Upstream Color / Emily Sanders -- Ascendance to trans-corporeality or assimilation to whiteness : the posthuman imaginaries of annihilation and midsommar / Olivia Stowell -- Digital game ecologies : posthuman convergences in Abzû and Horizon : zero dawn / Sarah Best -- From rogue planets to balck holes : revaluing death in Melancholia and High Life / Julia A. Empey -- "Originary Twoness" : flashbacks and the materiality of memory in Annihilation, High Life, and Arrival / Russell J.A. Kilbourn -- Coming to terms with our own ends : failed reproduction and the end of the hu/man in Clair Denis' High Life and Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lija's Aniara / Allison Mackey and Elif Sendur. |
| Abstract | "Places posthumanism and feminist theory into direct conversation with contemporary science fiction film and media from the 1980s to present"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-297) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022049328 |
| ISBN | 9781501398407 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781501398445 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (ebook other) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |