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Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction
Mark Bould (Ed.)
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Description for Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction
Paperback. Analyzes science fiction literature and cinema within broad overview of Marxist theories of the genre. Editor(s): Bould, Mark; Mieville, China. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 photo. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many sf novelists and filmmakers are leftists. Others examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns.
As a genre, sf is ideally suited to critiquing the present through its explorations of the social and political possibilities of the future. This is the first collection to combine analyses of sf literature and films within a broader overview of Marxist theory and critical perspectives on the genre.
Covering a rich variety of examples from Weimar cinema to mainstream Hollywood films, and novelists from Jules Verne and H.G. ... Read more
Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many sf novelists and filmmakers are leftists. Others examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns.
As a genre, sf is ideally suited to critiquing the present through its explorations of the social and political possibilities of the future. This is the first collection to combine analyses of sf literature and films within a broader overview of Marxist theory and critical perspectives on the genre.
Covering a rich variety of examples from Weimar cinema to mainstream Hollywood films, and novelists from Jules Verne and H.G. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Marxism and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
371g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745327303
SKU
V9780745327303
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About Mark Bould (Ed.)
Mark Bould is Reader in Film and Literature at the University of the West of England. He is an advisory editor for Extrapolation, Historical Materialism, Paradoxa and Science Fiction Studies. He is the co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction (Routledge, 2009) and Red Planets (Pluto, 2009). China Mieville lives and works in London. He ... Read more
Reviews for Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction
'This collection marks a red shift in thinking about the history, form, and impact of science fiction literature and film. In robust dialectical manoeuvres, the essays, by a dynamic mix of scholars, simultaneously revive, critique, and transform the vibrant tradition of Marxist sf criticism. The book is a timely, readable, and incisive intervention in contemporary cultural critique'
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