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Red alert : Marxist approaches to science fiction cinema / edited by Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia.

Title
Red alert : Marxist approaches to science fiction cinema / edited by Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia.
Publication
  • Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Mazierska, Ewa
  • Suppia, Alfredo
Description
vi, 263 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Contemporary approaches to film and media series
Uniform Title
  • Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
  • Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Philosophy, Marxist
  • Philosophy, Marxist
  • Science fiction films
  • Science fiction films > History and criticism
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Marxism and Science Fiction Cinema / Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia -- First Contact or Primal Scene: Communism Meets Real Socialism Meets Capitalism in Early Czechoslovak Science Fiction Cinema / Petra Hanáková -- Soviet and Post-Soviet Images of Capitalism: Ideological Fissures in Marek Piestrak's Polish-Estonian Coproductions / Eva Näripea -- Paying Freedom Dues: Marxism, Black Radicalism, and Blaxploitation Science Fiction / Mark Bould -- The Biopolitics of Globalization in Damir Lukacevic's Transfer / Sherryl Vint -- Capitalism and Wasted Lives in District 9 and Elysium / Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia -- Marxism vs. Postmodernism: The Case of The Matrix / Tony Burns -- Representation of "Gaming Capitalism" in Avalon and Gamer / Ewa Mazierska -- Remote Exploitations: Alex Rivera's Materialist SF Cinema in the Age of Cognitive Capitalism / Alfredo Suppia -- Rags and Revolution: Visions of the Lumpenproletariat in Latin American Zombie Films / Mariano Paz.
ISBN
  • 0814340113
  • 9780814340110
  • 9780814340127 (canceled/invalid)