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Contemporary European Science Fiction Cinemas


Contemporary European Science Fiction Cinemas


Palgrave European Film and Media Studies

von: Aidan Power

60,98 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 14.08.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9783319898278
Sprache: englisch

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<p><i>Contemporary European Science Fiction Cinemas </i>charts the evolution of European science fiction cinema in the 21st century, a period in which Europe itself has faced myriad crises. Key to this study is an exploration of how European science fiction responds to prevalent issues such as the financial crisis, political extremism and violence, large-scale migration and indeed the potential breakup of the European Union itself. What futures does science fiction cinema envision for Europe? Is it capable of moving beyond dystopian visions of a continent beset by seemingly omnipresent turbulence? Emphasising science fiction’s unique ability to estrange, exploit and reflect upon popular concerns, this book directly engages with such questions, accounting for ongoing mutations in the very nature of the European project as it does so.<br></p>
<p>Part I: Where is Europe? National and European Science Fiction.- 1. Introduction: A Dream Called Rome.- 2.&nbsp;Shaping a European Narrative: Eurimages, SF and the Auteur.- 3.&nbsp;Science Fiction in the EU’s Newest Member States.- Part II: Contagion! Responding to the Financial Crisis.- 4.&nbsp;PIIGS to the Slaughter.- 5.&nbsp;PIIGS to the Slaughter II.- Part III: Shut the Gates! Scorched Earth, Fortress Continent.- 6.&nbsp;Climate Change, The Anthropocene, and European SF.- 7.&nbsp;Multiculturalism and the Changing Face of Europe.- Part IV: Another Planet: Hollywood SF Production in Europe.- 8.&nbsp;European SF and Hollywood.- Part V: Beyond Europe?.- 9. Conclusions and Roads Ahead.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p><b>Aidan Power</b>&nbsp;is an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Scholar based in University College Cork, Ireland.<br></p>
<p><i>Contemporary European Science Fiction Cinemas&nbsp;</i>charts the evolution of European science fiction cinema in the 21st century, a period in which Europe itself has faced myriad crises. Key to this study is an exploration of how European science fiction responds to prevalent issues such as the financial crisis, political extremism and violence, large-scale migration and indeed the potential breakup of the European Union itself. What futures does science fiction cinema envision for Europe? Is it capable of moving beyond dystopian visions of a continent beset by seemingly omnipresent turbulence? Emphasising science fiction’s unique ability to estrange, exploit and reflect upon popular concerns, this book directly engages with such questions, accounting for ongoing mutations in the very nature of the European project as it does so.<br></p>
Constitutes the first book-length study on contemporary European science fiction cinema Uses science fiction to engage with the economic and political crises in 21st century Europe Analyses both the European film industry and the films themselves
<ul><li>addresses a large gap in the marketplace by engaging with European iterations of science fiction<br></li><li>links the EU–a body born of utopian ideals in response to the dystopian realities of WWII–with science fiction–a genre that thrives upon depicting such extremes<br></li><li>places particular emphasis on the genre’s propensity to reflect, exploit and comment upon popular political and cultural anxieties<br></li></ul>
“Power’s book is an important scholarly work of recent film studies, focusing not on ever-present Hollywood, but instead driving at the heart of European identity, connecting the EU’s film industries and specifically its manifestation of science fiction as a visionary genre in connection to contemporary political discussions of recent years. The analyses of how European film-makers engage in the speculative workings of SF are insightful and unveil a key understanding of European political discourse, from the Euro crisis to immigration policy—this book is a must-read for any scholar of European cinema.” (Lars Schmeink, University of Hamburg, Germany)

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