Ecology of Italian Science Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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The Ecology of Italian Science Fiction investigates the representation of ecological issues in Italian science fiction and film from the 1950s to the present. Taking into account a previously understudied corpus, the book reveals how Italian science fiction has consistently been able to conceptualize and dramatize the impact of human activities on the health of planetary ecosystems and addresses the radical environmental changes that have occurred in the country since the Second World War.Moving from current debates on the environmental humanities and on the cultural status of speculative fiction, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the evolution of the genre in Italy in relationship to the country's environmental history. The book highlights the ways in which Italian science fiction represents non-human agencies – animal, vegetal, mineral – and how the recent Solarpunk movement imagines new synergies with the environment. Drawing on notable works ranging from Lino Aldani to Gilda Musa, from Francesco Verso to Paolo Zardi, from Nicoletta Vallorani to Laura Pugno, The Ecology of Italian Science Fiction covers topics as diverse as the evolution of petroculture in Italy, environmental justice and migrations, encounters with animal and vegetal alterity, ecofeminist stances, and new dreams of sustainability.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-07-22
Mått159 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt480 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieToronto Italian Studies
Antal sidor256
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487554705

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AcknowledgmentsNote on Texts Translations Introduction: The Ecology of Italian Science FictionScience Fiction and the Limits of TaxonomyThe Crisis of ImaginationLanding in Lucca: Italian Science Fiction in ContextStudying Italian Science Fiction: The Tools of the TradeThe Anthropocene and Italian Science Fiction: Overview of the BookPart I: Post-Boom Wastelands1. The Price of Oil: Petroculture and Environmental DegradationOverpopulation, Urban Sprawl, Environmental Degradation: Petro-Modernity in the Stories of Lino AldaniThe Trouble with Cars: Automobiles in Pierfrancesco Prosperi and Lino Aldani2. Lives in the Wasteocene: Environmental Justice and the Necropolitics of DisposabilityWasted People: Environmental Migration in Paolo Zardi and Bruno ArpaiaThe Necropolitics of Disposability: Livido and Pulphagus®Part II: Encountering Non-Human Otherness3. Domestic Jungles and Murderous Megaflora: Plants in Italian Science Fiction The Fear of Vegetal Assimilation: Mario Bava’s Caltiki and Giorgio Scerbanenco’s L’anacondaThe Benevolent Monstrosity of Plants: Gilda Musa’s Giungla domestica4. Texts of Meat: Representing Animal ExploitationCrossing to the Other Shore: Animal Exploitation in Lino Aldani Mermaids Like Us: Animal Farming and Gendered Violence in Laura PugnoPart III: Exit Strategies5. Alternative Ethics: Ecofeminism in Italian Science FictionWomen Experimenting: The Feminist Ecologies of Gilda MusaHumus Sapiens: Gendered Violence and Composting Feminism in Nicoletta Vallorani6. New Energies, New Minds: Italian Solarpunk and the Imagination of SustainabilitySolar, Not Sunny: Solarpunk in ItalyThe Light Green: The Imagery of Italian SolarpunkConclusion: A Matter of ImaginationNotesWorks CitedIndex

“This exhilarating and much-needed critical account shines a long-overdue spotlight on a neglected genre and body of work. Spanning from World War II to the present, it compellingly illustrates the convergence of Italian science fiction and the discourse on the Anthropocene, revealing their deep cultural and historical entanglements. Through a perceptive and incisive analysis of key authors and texts, this book brings Italian science fiction from the margins to the forefront of critical and ethical conversations, demonstrating its power to visualize and dramatize urgent ecological issues that challenge the very limits of human imagination.”