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Italian Science Fiction : The Other in Literature and Film / Simone Brioni, Daniele Comberiati.

9783030193263 (electronic book)
3030193268 (electronic book)

Cham, Switerzland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

English

1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages).

PQ4181.S35 B75 2019

853/.087609

This book explores Italian science fiction from 1861, the year of Italy's unification, to the present day, focusing on how this genre helped shape notions of Otherness and Normalness. In particular, Italian Science Fiction draws upon critical race studies, postcolonial theory, and feminist studies to explore how migration, colonialism, multiculturalism, and racism have been represented in genre film and literature. Topics include the role of science fiction in constructing a national identity; the representation and self-representation of "alien" immigrants in Italy; the creation of internal "Others," such as southerners and Roma; the intersections of gender and race discrimination; and Italian science fiction's transnational dialogue with foreign science fiction. This book reveals that though it is arguably a minor genre in Italy, science fiction offers an innovative interpretive angle for rethinking Italian history and imagining future change in Italian society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 31, 2019).

Studies in global science fiction.

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