Erscheint: April 2027
Buch (Softcover): Fachbuch
Children of Cuarón
Speculative Futures Through Cinematic Fiction
Verlag:
Rutgers University Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35832479
EAN: 9781978849389
Erscheint: April 2027
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 54.–
Beschreibung
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.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Matt Garcia
- Jeffrey Romero Middents
- Mary K Coffey
- Desirée J Garcia
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2027
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 226