Programming the Future: Politics, Resistance, and Utopia in Contemporary Speculative TV

by Sherryl Vint and Professor Sherryl Vint

Book Overview

From 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231198302
• ISBN13: 9780231198301
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"