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Bodies for Profit and Power: Science Fiction and Biopolitics - Couverture souple

Bro, Lisa Wenger

 
9781476679365: Bodies for Profit and Power: Science Fiction and Biopolitics
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1476679363 ISBN 13 : 9781476679365
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2023

Synopsis

Early dystopian science fiction like George Orwell's 1984 or Thea von Harbou's Metropolis show us bleak worlds where capitalism has no boundaries and has corrupted sovereign powers, exploiting the lower classes and benefiting only a few at the top. Political laws and policies related to human life--or the biopolitical--devalue that life, making humanity little more than expendable "machines" producing for capitalism, and capitalism's focus on progress has made it a central concern in much of science fiction. Covering science fiction from the early 1900s to present, this book examines the portrayal of dystopian capitalism and the biopolitical in works like Brave New World and R.U.R., among many others.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lisa Wenger Bro is a professor of English at Middle Georgia State University and specializes in speculative fiction of all types--science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and more.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1476679363
ISBN 13 
9781476679365
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
269
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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