Reading Westworld / editors, Alex Goody and Antonia Mackay.
Goody, Alex, 1971- editor.; Mackay, Antonia, editor.
2019
PN1992.77.W45 R43 2019
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Title Reading Westworld / editors, Alex Goody and Antonia Mackay.
ISBN 9783030145156 (electronic book)
3030145158 (electronic book)
9783030145149
303014514X
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (279 pages)
Call Number PN1992.77.W45 R43 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.45/72
Summary Reading Westworld is the first volume to explore the cultural, textual and theoretical significance of the hugely successful HBO TV series Westworld. The essays engage in a series of original enquiries into the central themes of the series including conceptions of the human and posthuman, American history, gaming, memory, surveillance, AI, feminism, imperialism, free will and contemporary capitalism. In its varied critical engagements with the genre, narratives and contexts of Westworld, this volume explores the show?s wider and deeper meanings and the questions it poses, as well considering how Westworld reflects on the ethical implications of artificial life and technological innovation for our own futurity. With critical essays that draw on the interdisciplinary strengths and productive intersections of media, cultural and literary studies, Reading Westworld seeks to respond to the show?s fundamental question; ?Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?? It will be of interest to students, academics and general readers seeking to engage with Westworld and the far-reaching questions it poses about our current engagements with technology.
Note Reading Westworld is the first volume to explore the cultural, textual and theoretical significance of the hugely successful HBO TV series Westworld. The essays engage in a series of original enquiries into the central themes of the series including conceptions of the human and posthuman, American history, gaming, memory, surveillance, AI, feminism, imperialism, free will and contemporary capitalism. In its varied critical engagements with the genre, narratives and contexts of Westworld, this volume explores the show?s wider and deeper meanings and the questions it poses, as well considering how Westworld reflects on the ethical implications of artificial life and technological innovation for our own futurity. With critical essays that draw on the interdisciplinary strengths and productive intersections of media, cultural and literary studies, Reading Westworld seeks to respond to the show?s fundamental question; ?Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?? It will be of interest to students, academics and general readers seeking to engage with Westworld and the far-reaching questions it poses about our current engagements with technology.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 14, 2019)
Added Author Goody, Alex, 1971- editor.
Mackay, Antonia, editor.
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Westworld's Archideology and the Impossibility of Freedom / Antonia Mackay
Mere Instrument of Production: Representing Domestic Labour in Westworld / Sadek Kessous
Escaping the Robot's Loop? Power and Purpose, Myth and History in Westworld's Manufactured Frontier / Dustin Abnet
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