{"product_id":"feminist-posthumanism-in-contemporary-science-julia-a-empey-9781501398407","title":"Feminist Posthumanism in Contemporary Science Fiction Film and Media: From Annihilation to High Life and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeminist Posthumanism in Contemporary Science Fiction Film and Media: From \u003c\/i\u003eAnnihilation \u003ci\u003eto \u003c\/i\u003eHigh Life\u003ci\u003e and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e places posthumanism and feminist theory into dialogue with contemporary science fiction film and media. This essay collection is intimately invested in the debates around the posthuman and the critical posthumanities within a feminist critical-theoretical framework. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this posthumanist light, science fiction as a genre allows for new imaginings of human-technological relations, while it can also be the site of a critique of human exceptionalism and essentialism. In this way, science fiction affords unique opportunities for the scholarly investigation of the relevance and relative applicability of specific posthumanist themes and questions in a particularly rich and wide-ranging popular cultural field of production. One of the reasons for this suitability is the genre's historically longstanding relationship with the critical investigation of gender, specifically the position and relative empowerment of women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe original analyses presented here pay close attention to audiovisual style (including game mechanics), facilitating the critical interrogation of the issues and questions around posthumanism. Where typically the mention of SF in the posthumanist context calls to mind a whole set of (often clich馘) tropes-the cyborg, technologically augmented bodies, AI subjectivities, etc.-this volume's thirteen chapters analyze specific examples of contemporary SF cinema that engage in meaningful ways with the burgeoning field of critical posthumanism, and that utilize such films to interrogate posthumanist and feminist as well as humanistic ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia A. Empey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501398407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501398407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Julia A. Empey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44584229208319,"sku":"9781501398407","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96457894-91fd-4ad7-aac9-1a2f5cf4e45c.jpg?v=1701886005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/feminist-posthumanism-in-contemporary-science-julia-a-empey-9781501398407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}