Author : Aldona Kobus,Łukasz Muniowski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476679624
Sex, Death and Resurrection in Altered Carbon by Aldona Kobus,Łukasz Muniowski Pdf
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.