Utopian Effects, Dystopian Pleasures by Peter Fitting (English) Paperback Book

Description: Utopian Effects, Dystopian Pleasures by Peter Fitting, Brian Greenspan, Tom Moylan, Phillip E. Wegner, Raffaella Baccolini, Antonis Balasopoulos, Joachim Fischer, Michael J. Griffin, Naomi Jacobs, Michael G. Kelly This collection brings together for the first time Peter Fittings writings about the utopian impulse as expressed in science fiction, fantasy, cinema, architecture, and cultural theory. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This collection brings together for the first time Peter Fittings writings about the utopian impulse as expressed in science fiction, fantasy, cinema, architecture, and cultural theory. These wide-ranging essays trace the constant reconsideration of the utopian project itself over the past four decades, from its mid-twentieth century period of decline to its revival in counter-cultural science fiction of the 1960s and 70s, its second decline with the "dystopian turn" in film, and the rise of feminist pessimism in the 1980s. These pages reveal what popular utopian, dystopian, and science-fiction narratives tell us about todays most pressing political issues, including gender equity, education reform, technological change, capitalist excess, state-sanctioned violence, and the challenges of effecting lasting political change. Through analyses of various popular genres and media, the author demonstrates how utopian visions written from particular political perspectives transcend narrowly partisan concerns to stoke our collective desire for another world and a more adequate human future, teaching us how to become the citizens and subjects that a utopian society demands. Author Biography Peter Fitting is an emeritus Professor of French at the University of Toronto and the former Director of the Cinema Studies Program. Author of more than fifty articles on science fiction, fantasy and utopia—from critical analyses of the works of various SF and utopian writers (from P.K. Dick to Marge Piercy); to theoretical examinations of the reading effect in utopian fiction, the problem of the right-wing utopia, or gender and reading; to overviews of cyberpunk, feminist utopias and the turn from utopia in the 1990s, or the Golden Age and the foreclosure of utopian discourse in the 1950s; as well as articles on SF and utopian film and architecture. He has also completed a critical anthology of subterranean world fiction. He has had a long-time commitment to the study of utopia through his work with the Society for Utopian Studies (for which he has twice served as president). Table of Contents List of Figures – List of Tables – Acknowledgments – Editors Preface – Introduction – History and Genre – The Modern Anglo-American SF Novel: Utopian Longing and Capitalist Co-optation – Contemporary Fantasy and the Utopian Impulse – Ideological Foreclosure and Utopian Discourse – Utopia Beyond Our Ideals: The Dilemma of the Right-Wing Utopia – Buried Treasures: Reconsidering Holbergs Niels Klim in the World Underground – Fredric Jameson and Anti-Anti-Utopianism – A Short History of Utopian Studies – Gender and Audience – Positioning and Closure: On the "Reading Effect" of Contemporary Utopian Fiction – "So We All Became Mothers": New Roles for Men in Recent Utopian Fiction – The Turn from Utopia in Recent Feminist Fiction – Reconsiderations of the Separatist Paradigm in Recent Feminist Science Fiction – Beyond the Wasteland: A Feminist in Cyberspace – Violence and Utopia: John Norman and Pat Califia – Utopian Effect / Utopian Pleasure – Cinema, Space, and Technology – What Is Utopian Film? An Introductory Taxonomy – The Second Alien – Futurecop: The Neutralization of Revolt in Blade Runner – Youre History, Buddy: Postapocalyptic Visions in Recent Science Fiction Film – Urban Planning/Utopian Dreaming: Le Corbusiers Chandigarh Today – Beyond This Horizon: Utopian Visions and Utopian Practice – Bibliography – Index. Details ISBN1788743539 Author Michael G. Kelly Series Ralahine Utopian Studies Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1788743539 ISBN-13 9781788743532 Format Paperback Series Number 21 Publisher Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Imprint Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2021-05-17 AU Release Date 2021-05-17 NZ Release Date 2021-05-17 UK Release Date 2021-05-17 Pages 436 Edited by Brian Greenspan Edition Description New edition DEWEY 809.93372 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 5 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132063092;

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