Sebastian J. Müller

Neo-Frontier Spaces in Science Fiction Television

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Produktbeschreibung

"The frontier-the mythical idea of a geographical borderline moving further and further West across the North American continent-has shaped American science fiction television since its very beginnings. Television series have long adapted the frontier myth to outer space and have explored American Wests in the future. This work takes a deeper look at the futuristic frontiers within series including Star Trek, Firefly, Terra Nova, Defiance and The 100, revealing how they rethink colonialism, the environment, spaces of risk and utopian/dystopian worlds. By harnessing forms of speculation and the post-apocalyptic imagination, these series engage with problems and risks of the present, reaching from the legacies of colonialism to climate change and the increasing integration of humans and technologies. In doing so, these series question the very idea of borders and reshape cultural binaries such as Self/Other, wilderness/civilization, city/nature, human/non-human and utopia/dystopia in novel ways that explore how spaces are created in the 21st century"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9781476690896
• ISBN-10: 1476690898
• Artikelnr.: 71965018

Autorenporträt

Sebastian J. Müller completed his PhD in American Studies at the University of Bayreuth and currently works as a content manager for an educational website in Nürnberg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Groundings and Points of Departure: The Frontier, the SF Frontier, and Neo-Frontier Spaces Neo-Frontier Spaces and the Medium of Television The Structure of This Study 1.
Theorizing Neo-Frontier Spaces: Science Fiction, Space(s), and Frontiers Science Fiction and the Post-Apocalyptic as Modes of Thinking Re-Thinking the Construction of Space(s) From Frontiers to Neo-Frontier Spaces 2.
Frontiers of Futures Past: Outer Space and the Origins of Neo-Frontier Spaces in Star Trek and Firefly Reading the Frontier in Star Trek Pushing the "Final Frontier": Exploring Heterogeneous Spaces in Star Trek Reading the Frontier in Firefly Re-Envisioning the Universe: Connecting Spaces and Fragmenting Places in Firefly 3.
Moving Beyond: Rethinking Binaries, Borders, and the Planet in Terra Nova From the Settler Colony to Transgressive Neo-Frontier "Thirdspace(s)" From the Wilderness/Civilization Binary to Places of Co-Presence and Interdependence Neo-Frontier Climate Change Riskscapes and Capitalist World-Making Utopian/Dystopian Patchwork Spaces and Utopia/Dystopia as Temporal Stages 4.
Spaces in Flux: Re-Living the Present and Coming to Terms with the (Mythical) Past in Defiance The Frontier City of Defiance and the "Interwoven Threads" of Urban Spaces From Spaces of Colonial Belonging to Spaces of Ecosystemic Belonging Post-Apocalyptic Terraforming Riskscapes and Technological World-Making Fragmented Cityscapes and the Problems of American Dreaming 5.
On the Brink: Making New Spaces and Collapsing Boundaries in The 100 The Ark and the Settler Camp as Spaces of Permanence and Temporariness From Human/Non-Human Spaces to Technological Ecosystems and a Neo-Frontier "Ground" Human/Non-Human Riskscapes of Uncertainty and Risky World-Making Utopia/Dystopia as Political Choices and the Pitfalls of Social Dreaming Conclusion: Neo-Frontier Spaces and American Culture in the Twenty-First Century Videography Chapter Notes Works Cited Index