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Programming the future : speculative television and the end of democracy / Sherryl Vint, and Jonathan Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vint, Sherryl, 1969- author.
- Alexander, Jonathan, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television--Songs and music.
- Television.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Wallflower Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Programming the Future examines how recent speculative television takes on the contradictions of the neoliberal order. Sherryl Vint and Jonathan Alexander consider a range of popular SF narratives of the last two decades, including Battlestar Galactica, Watchmen, Colony, The Man in the High Castle, The Expanse, and Mr. Robot.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE CHANGING SHAPE OF SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION
- 2 INVENTING SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION AS POLITICAL NARRATIVE
- 3 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATHS Threats of Invasion
- 4 AMERICAN CIVIL WARS
- 5 DESIRING A DIFFERENT FUTURE The 100 and The Expanse
- 6 REBOOTING DEMOCRACY AND MR. ROBOT
- CONCLUSION Democracy in Crisis
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- FILMOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-55257-2
- OCLC:
- 1345589611
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