Free eBooks Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Politics: Transmedia World-Building Beyond Capitalism (Radical Cultural Studies) Available To Downloads
From Tolkien to Star Trek and from Game of Thrones to The Walking Dead, imaginary worlds in fantastic genres offer us complex and immersive environments beyond capitalism. This book examines the ways in which these popular storyworlds offer valuable tools for anticapitalist theory and practice. Building on Hardt and Negri’s concept of Empire as a way of understanding globalization, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Politics shows how popular fantastic fiction has the potential of offering more than a momentary escape from capitalist realism in the age of media convergence and participatory culture. The book approaches fantastic world-building as an ideologically ambiguous way of imagining alternatives to global capitalism. By approaching transmedia world-building both as a narrative form and as a growing industry derived from fan culture, it shows on the one hand the limitations inherent in the political economy of popular genre fiction. But at the same time, it also explores the productive ways in which fantastic storyworlds contain a radical energy that can give us new ways of thinking about politics, popular culture, and anticapitalism.
Series: Radical Cultural Studies
Paperback: 246 pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International (July 21, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1783484934
ISBN-13: 978-1783484935
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.7 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item
Best Sellers Rank: #535,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #45 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Ideologies & Doctrines > Utopian #300 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Genres & Styles > Science Fiction & Fantasy #338 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > History & Criticism
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Politics: Transmedia World-Building Beyond Capitalism (Radical Cultural Studies) Fantastic Transmedia: Narrative, Play and Memory Across Science Fiction and Fantasy Storyworlds The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SF Hall of Fame) Daily Fantasy Sports: How to Dominate & Win Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Basketball and Fantasy Football Leagues to Turn Profitable Seasons Fiction Writers' Phrase Book: Essential Reference and Thesaurus for Authors of Action, Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction (Writers' Phrase Books Book 5) Exploring Science Through Science Fiction (Science and Fiction) Media and Cultural Studies (KeyWorks in Cultural Studies) A Creator's Guide to Transmedia Storytelling: How to Captivate and Engage Audiences Across Multiple Platforms Al qaeda: La verdadera historia del islamismo radical (Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam) (Spanish Edition) Fantasy Football Draft Guide July/September 2016 (The Fantasy Greek Fantasy Football Draft Guide) Fantasy Football: 12 Ways To Take Your Fantasy Football Performance to the Next Level (Fantasy Sports) Fantasy Writers' Phrase Book: Essential Reference for All Authors of Fantasy Adventure and Medieval Historical Fiction (Writers' Phrase Books Book 4) Making a Nation, Breaking a Nation: Literature and Cultural Politics in Yugoslavia (Cultural Memory in the Present) Non Fiction Writing Templates: 44 Tips to Create Your Own Non Fiction Book (Writing Templates, Writing Non Fiction, Kindle Publishing) Fiction Writing Templates: 30 Tips to Create Your Own Fiction Book (Writing Templates, Fiction Writing, Kindle Publishing) A World Safe for Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy and America's Rise to Global Power (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History) Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction: 6 Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Bestseller! Inklings: 300 Starts, Plots, and Challenges to Inspire your Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Stories Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
