Share
Sex, Death and Resurrection in Altered Carbon: Essays on the Netflix Series (in English)
Kobus, Aldona ; Muniowski, Lukasz (Author)
·
McFarland & Company
· Paperback
Sex, Death and Resurrection in Altered Carbon: Essays on the Netflix Series (in English) - Kobus, Aldona ; Muniowski, Lukasz
$ 24.52
$ 40.87
You save: $ 16.35
Choose the list to add your product or create one New List
✓ Product added successfully to the Wishlist.
Go to My Wishlists
Origin: United Kingdom
(Import costs included in the price)
It will be shipped from our warehouse between
Monday, July 01 and
Wednesday, July 10.
You will receive it anywhere in United States between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.
Synopsis "Sex, Death and Resurrection in Altered Carbon: Essays on the Netflix Series (in English)"
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 of new essays answers 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? The contributors consider the series as taking on current issues, from a critique of neoliberalism, through the ethical aspects of biotechnology, up to thanatology. They provoke questions about what it means to be human in a world in which death does not exist. Essays 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.
