Contemporary European Science Fiction Cinemas

• Main Author: Power, Aidan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
• Subjects: Motion pictures and television.; Ethnology-Europe.; European Union.; Screen Studies.; European Culture.; European Union Politics.

Contemporary European Science Fiction Cinemas charts the evolution of European science fiction cinema in the 21st century, a period in which Europe itself has faced myriad crises. Key to this study is an exploration of how European science fiction responds to prevalent issues such as the financial c...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Where is Europe? National and European Science Fiction
• 1. Introduction: A Dream Called Rome
• 2. Shaping a European Narrative: Eurimages, SF and the Auteur
• 3. Science Fiction in the EU's Newest Member States
• Part II: Contagion! Responding to the Financial Crisis
• 4. PIIGS to the Slaughter
• 5. PIIGS to the Slaughter II
• Part III: Shut the Gates! Scorched Earth, Fortress Continent
• 6. Climate Change, The Anthropocene, and European SF
• 7. Multiculturalism and the Changing Face of Europe
• Part IV: Another Planet: Hollywood SF Production in Europe
• 8. European SF and Hollywood
• Part V: Beyond Europe?
• 9. Conclusions and Roads Ahead.