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Transnational Science Fiction at the End of the World: Consensus, Conflict, and the Politics of Climate Change
- JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies
- University of Texas Press
- Volume 58, Number 3, Spring 2019
- pp. 1-25
- 10.1353/cj.2019.0020
- Article
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Abstract:
This article considers the significance of transnational production, aesthetic, and narrative strategies in recent forms of "apocalyptic" science fiction cinema. As the article explores, a more transnational mode of science fiction offers the opportunity for popular genre cinema to engage with pressing environmental questions, the contexts of climate politics, and particularly the historical and present role of science fiction in confronting, or sometimes avoiding, these issues.