Sex, Death and Resurrection in Altered Carbon - Essays on the Netflix Series (Paperback)

The 2018 Netflix series Altered Carbon is a vital contribution to the cyberpunk renaissance, among such titles as Snowpiercer or Blade Runner 2049. This collection of new essays answers the question: is this increasing popularity of cyberpunk a sign of recognition of the genre's transgressive aspects, such as a stark critique of capitalism, or is it the opposite-a sign of the genre's failure to successfully criticize modernity? The contributors consider the series as taking on current issues, from a critique of neoliberalism, through the ethical aspects of biotechnology, up to thanatology. They provoke questions about what it means to be human in a world in which death does not exist. Essays evaluate the surging popularity of the series and cyberpunk at large from a variety of critical perspectives, shedding new light on a challenging and inventive series.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2020
Editors:	Aldona Kobus • Lukasz Muniowski
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-7962-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television
LSN:	1-4766-7962-2
Barcode:	9781476679624

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