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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jerome WinterPublisher: University of Wales Press Imprint: University of Wales Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781783169443ISBN 10: 1783169443 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 15 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1The Neoliberal Masters of the Universe: The Origin of New Space Opera in Samuel R. Delany and M. John Harrison Chapter 2 'Moments in the Fall': Neoliberal Globalism and Utopian Socialist Desire in Ken MacLeod's 'Fall Revolution' Quartet and Iain M. Banks's 'Culture' Series Chapter 3Global Feminism and Neoliberal Crisis in Gwyneth Jones's 'Aleutian Trilogy' Chapter 4'Archipelagoes of Stars': Caribbean Cosmopolitics in Postcolonial SF Works CitedReviewsAn important intervention in our understanding of science fiction in the context of globalization and popular culture, <i>Science Fiction, New Space Opera, and Neoliberal Globalism</i>offers aprovocative framework for thinking through the interpenetration of colonial ideology and popular culture through the lens of transnational postcolonial theory. An essential read for those interested in the history and futures of science fiction. --Sherryl Vint, University of California Riverside Author InformationJerome Winter completed his PhD in English at the University of California, Riverside, where he currently lectures. His work focuses on the intersection of globalisation and contemporary speculative fiction, and he has served as editor of Speculative Fiction for the Los Angeles Review of Books and contributed a chapter on SF art and illustration to the Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction (2014). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |