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