The End of the World as We Know It. For a Postcolonial Investigation of the Meaning(s) of Environmental Catastrophe in Sci-Fi Films

This article explores fantasies behind ideas of disaster in terms of a regeneration of human society through or against a catastrophe generated by a non-human entity. I will investigate two products of mass visual culture, Annihilation by Alex Garland (2018), and Arrival by Denis Villeneuve (2016)....

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Main Author: Gaia Giuliani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2019-12-01
Series:e-cadernos ces
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/eces/5033