Sex, death and resurrection in Altered carbon : essays on the Netflix series /
""The 2018 Netflix series Altered Carbon is a vital contribution to the cyberpunk renaissance, among such titles as Snowpiercer or Blade Runner 2049. This collection tries to answer the question: is this increasing popularity of cyberpunk a sign of recognition of the genre's transgres...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2020.
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| Summary: | ""The 2018 Netflix series Altered Carbon is a vital contribution to the cyberpunk renaissance, among such titles as Snowpiercer or Blade Runner 2049. This collection tries to answer the question: is this increasing popularity of cyberpunk a sign of recognition of the genre's transgressive aspects, such as a stark critique of capitalism, or is it the opposite: a sign of the genre's failure to successfully criticize modernity? This collection considers the series to be substantially relevant, taking on a plethora of current issues, from the critique of neoliberalism, through the ethical aspects of biotechnology, up to thanatology. It provokes questions about what it means to be human in a world in which death does not exist. These essayists evaluate the surging popularity of the series and cyberpunk at large from a variety of critical perspectives, shedding new light on a challenging and inventive series."-Provided by publisher"-- |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 198 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476679624 1476679622 |