Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

Children of Cuarón

Speculative Futures Through Cinematic Fiction

Av Matt Garcia, Jeffrey Romero Middents, Mary K. Coffey, Desirée J. Garcia

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Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men thrusts readers into a gripping near-future world where environmental collapse and global infertility have fortified borders and torn apart the fabric of society. Its stark depictions of mass deportation, lawless border zones, and the desperate fight for survival echo powerfully through Octavia Butler's prophetic novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, where environmental breakdown, migration, childbirth, and the resilience of women's bodies form the core of her visionary storytelling. Remarkably, the futures imagined in these works are no longer distant—Butler's 2024 has arrived, and Cuarón's 2027 is nearly here. Children of Cuarón: Speculative Futures Through Cinematic Fiction ignites bold, necessary conversations about borders, immigration, and the urgent political, environmental, and social challenges facing our world today. By examining how speculative fiction dares to imagine what comes next, this book invites readers to confront the realities of our present—and the possibilities of our future—with fresh eyes and uncompromising clarity.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2027-04-13
Mått: 152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt: 454 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 238
Förlag: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9781978849396

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Matt Garcia is the Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of History, Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, and Human Relations at Dartmouth College. He has published several books, including most recently Eli and the Octopus: The CEO Who Tried to Reform One of The World's Most Notorious Corporations.Jeffrey Romero Middents is an associate professor of literature at American University. He is the author of Writing National Cinema: Film Journals and Film Culture in Peru.Mary K. Coffey is a professor of art history and Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean studies at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Orozco's American Epic: Myth, History, and the Melancholy of Race and How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture: Murals, Museums, and the Mexican State.Desirée J. Garcia is a professor of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies and film and media studies at Dartmouth College. She has authored several books, including The Dressing Room: Backstage Stories and American Film (Rutgers University Press) and The Movie Musical (Rutgers University Press).

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