{"product_id":"programming-the-future-sherryl-vint-9780231198318","title":"Programming the Future: Politics, Resistance, and Utopia in Contemporary Speculative TV","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 9\/11 to COVID-19, the twenty-first century looks increasingly dystopian--and so do its television shows. Long-form science fiction narratives take one step further the fears of today: liberal democracy in crisis, growing economic precarity, the threat of terrorism, and omnipresent corporate control. At the same time, many of these shows attempt to visualize alternatives, using dystopian extrapolations to spotlight the possibility of building a better world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eProgramming the Future\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColony\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the High Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Robot\u003c\/i\u003e. They argue that science fiction television foregrounds governance as part of explaining the novel institutions and norms of its imagined futures. In so doing, SF shows allegorize and critique contemporary social, political, and economic developments, helping audiences resist the naturalization of the status quo. Vint and Alexander also draw on queer theory to explore the representation of family structures and their relationship to larger social structures. Recasting both dystopian and utopian narratives, \u003ci\u003eProgramming the Future\u003c\/i\u003e shows how depictions of alternative-world political struggles speak to urgent real-world issues of identity, belonging, and social and political change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sherryl Vint, Jonathan Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231198310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231198318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wallflower Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Sherryl Vint","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056695374079,"sku":"9780231198318","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9600a6e8-9ecc-4239-858d-a4541102acb2.jpg?v=1685042745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/programming-the-future-sherryl-vint-9780231198318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}