Italian Science Fiction and the Environmental Humanities
ISBN
9781802078701
Type
book
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Abstract
This volume explores Italian science fiction from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, covering literary texts, films, music and visual works by figures as diverse as Maria Rosa Cutrufelli, Peter Kolosimo, Primo Levi, Antonio Margheriti, Gilda Musa and Roberto Vacca. It broadens the horizons of both Italian studies and the environmental humanities by addressing a long-neglected genre, and expands our understanding of relations between the ecological, the imaginary and the sociopolitical. The chapters draw on a variety of methodological frameworks, including animal studies, ecocriticism, ecofeminism, eco-media studies, energy humanities and posthumanism. The reader will gain insights into consequential topics such as anthropocentrism/speciesism, ecomodernist thought, environmental justice struggles at the planetary and regional level, non-human and new materialist ontologies, utopian/dystopian philosophies and prospects for transitioning beyond the crisis of petro-modernity through the construction of post-depletion futures.
Language
English
Keywords
science fiction
environmental humanities
ecocriticism
italian literature
italian cinema
film studies
literature
italian culture
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Italian Science Fiction and the Environmental Humanities
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Publisher place
Liverpool
Subject(s)
Division(s)
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Name
Italian SciFi cover+summary+intro.pdf
Size
452.6 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
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