Research Catalog

Title

Utopian effects, dystopian pleasures / Peter Fitting ; edited by Brian Greenspan ; introduction by Fredric Jameson.

Author

Fitting, Peter, 1940-

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Greenspan, Brian, 1967-
• Jameson, Fredric

Description

xxiii, 431 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"This collection brings together for the first time Peter Fitting's 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 today's 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"--

Series Statement

Ralahine utopian studies, 1661-5875 ; vol. 21

Uniform Title

Ralahine utopian studies ; v. 21.

Subject

• Utopias in literature
• Utopias in motion pictures
• Science fiction > History and criticism
• Science fiction

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Essays.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-8302

ISBN

• 9781788743532
• 1788743539

LCCN

• 2020032836
• 40030730286

OCLC

1184123531

Author

Fitting, Peter, 1940- author.

Title

Utopian effects, dystopian pleasures / Peter Fitting ; edited by Brian Greenspan ; introduction by Fredric Jameson.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Ralahine utopian studies, 1661-5875 ; vol. 21

Ralahine utopian studies ; v. 21.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Greenspan, Brian, 1967- editor.

Jameson, Fredric, writer of introduction.

Other Form:

Online version: Fitting, Peter, 1940- Utopian effects, dystopian pleasures Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021] 9781788743549 (DLC) 2020032837

Other Standard Identifier

40030730286

Research Call Number

JFE 21-8302