{"product_id":"red-alert-ewa-mazierska-9780814340110","title":"Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eExplores the intersections of science fiction cinema and Marxism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRed Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, editors Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia argue that Marxist philosophy, science fiction, and film share important connections concerning imaginings of the future. Contributors look at themes across a wide variety of films, including many international co-productions to explore individualism versus collectivism, technological obstacles to travel through time and space, the accumulation of capital and colonization, struggles of oppressed groups, the dangers of false ideologies, and the extension of the concept of labor due to technological advances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eRed Alert\u003c\/i\u003e considers a wide swath of contemporary international films, from the rarely studied to mainstream science fiction blockbusters like The Matrix. Contributors explore early Czechoslovak science fiction, the Polish-Estonian co-productions of director Marek Piestrak, and science fiction elements in 1970s American blaxploitation films. The collection includes analyses of recent films like \u003ci\u003eTransfer \u003c\/i\u003e(Damir Lukacevic), \u003ci\u003eAvalon\u003c\/i\u003e (Mamoru Oshii), \u003ci\u003eGamer\u003c\/i\u003e (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor), and \u003ci\u003eDistrict 9\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElysium\u003c\/i\u003e (Neill Blomkamp), along with more obscure films like Alex Rivera's materialist science fiction works and the Latin American zombie films of Pablo Par駸, Hern疣 S疇z, and Alejandro Brugu駸. Contributors show that the ambivalence and inner contradictions highlighted by the films illustrate both the richness of Marx's legacy and the heterogeneity and complexity of the science fiction genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection challenges the perception that science fiction cinema is a Western or specifically American genre, showing that a broader, transnational approach is necessary to fully understand its scope. Scholars and students of film, science fiction, and Marxist culture will enjoy\u003ci\u003e Red Alert\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ewa Mazierska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814340113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814340110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016","brand":"Ewa Mazierska","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926428352767,"sku":"9780814340110","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_54c6a5f1-ec1a-44dd-bcec-d201d5ba1966.jpg?v=1681083035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-alert-ewa-mazierska-9780814340110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}