Feminist posthumanism in contemporary science fiction film and media : from Annihilation to High life and beyond /: from Annihilation to High life and beyond. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Julia A. Empey and Russell J.A. Kilbourn.
• Editors: Empey, Julia A; Kilbourn, Russell J. A (Russell James Angus), 1964-
• Contents: List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsPreface Introduction-Feminist Refractions of the PosthumanJulia A. Empey(University of Cambridge, UK) and Russell J. A. Kilbourn (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) PART ONE: Posthuman Bodies and Identities1. Indigenous Futurist and Women-Centred Dystopian FilmMissy Molloy (Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand)2. Gender, Sex, and Feminist AI: 13 Theses on HerSarah Stulz (Independent Scholar, Switzerland)3. Her: A Posthuman Love StoryZorianna Zurba (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)4. Posthuman Mothers and Reproductive Biovalue in Blade Runner: 2049 and Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomJerika Sanderson (University of Waterloo, Canada)5. Desirable and Undesirable Cyborg Bodies in the Mass Effect Video Game SeriesSarah Stang (Brock University, Canada) PART TWO: Posthuman Environments and Entanglements6. Material Entanglements and Posthuman Female Subjectivity in AnnihilationEvdokia Stefanopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)7. Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin: Female Embodiment and EcologyMeraj Dhir (Harvard University, USA)8. Living in Colour: Feminist and Posthumanist Ontology in Upstream ColorEmily Sanders(Queen's University, Canada)9. Ascendance to Trans-Corporeality or Assimilation to Whiteness: The Posthuman Imaginaries of Annihilation and MidsommarOlivia Stowell (University of Michigan, USA) PART THREE: Posthumanist Endings and Futures10. Digital Ecologies: Posthuman Convergences in Abzû and Horizon: Zero DawnSarah Best (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)11. From Rogue Planets to Black Holes: Revaluing Death in Melancholia and High LifeJulia A. Empey(University of Cambridge, UK)12. 'Originary Twoness': Flashbacks and the Materiality of Memory in Annihilation, High Life, and ArrivalRussell J. A. Kilbourn (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)13. Coming to Terms with Our Own Ends: Failed Reproduction and the End of the Hu/man in Claire Denis' High Life and Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lija's AniaraElif Sendur (Rutgers University, USA) and Allison Mackey (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)ReferencesIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 791.43615; Science fiction films -- History and criticism; Posthumanism in motion pictures; Feminist theory; Posthumanism in mass media; Feminism and mass media
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501398414
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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