TY - GEN AB - New Perspectives on Contemporary German Science Fiction demonstrates the variety and scope of German science fiction (SF) production in literature, television, and cinema. The volume argues that speculative fictions and explorations of the fantastic provide a critical lens for studying the possibilities and limitations of paradigm shifts in society. Lars Schmeink and Ingo Cornils bring together essays that study the renaissance of German SF in the twenty-first century. The volume makes clear that German SF is both global and localthe genre is in balance between internationally dominant forms and adapting them to Germanys reality as it relates to migration, the environment, and human rights. The essays explore a range of media (literature, cinema, television) and relevant political, philosophical, and cultural discourses.-- AU - Schmeink, Lars, AU - Cornils, Ingo, CN - PT747.S34 DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-95963-0 DO - doi ID - 1446429 KW - Science fiction, German KW - Science fiction films KW - Science fiction television programs LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-95963-0 N2 - New Perspectives on Contemporary German Science Fiction demonstrates the variety and scope of German science fiction (SF) production in literature, television, and cinema. The volume argues that speculative fictions and explorations of the fantastic provide a critical lens for studying the possibilities and limitations of paradigm shifts in society. Lars Schmeink and Ingo Cornils bring together essays that study the renaissance of German SF in the twenty-first century. The volume makes clear that German SF is both global and localthe genre is in balance between internationally dominant forms and adapting them to Germanys reality as it relates to migration, the environment, and human rights. The essays explore a range of media (literature, cinema, television) and relevant political, philosophical, and cultural discourses.-- SN - 9783030959630 SN - 3030959635 T1 - New perspectives on contemporary German science fiction / TI - New perspectives on contemporary German science fiction / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-95963-0 ER -