Inhabiting Ustopia: Science Fiction in Film, Performing Arts, and Digital Media by Nanda, Aparajita; Grosu-Rădulescu, Lucia-Mihaela;

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This volume contributes to research in both humanities and performing arts without disregarding the more recent digital artistic media by focusing on works of science fiction (Sci-Fi). The book's structure mirrors the themes approached in an effort to contextualize the Atwoodian concept of 'ustopia' by addressing a variety of topical subjects, such as transhumanism, ethical dilemmas, subjectivities in a digital world, in science fiction theater, opera, and art installations as well as film and new digital media.

The book collects interpretations of transmedial performances, comparisons of films and novels, videogames, and other immersive platforms. The contributors include a range of academics and specialists from Japan, Romania, India, Spain, Ireland, and the U.S.A. Recent preoccupations with Artificial Intelligence and its advantages and threats have also meant a re-assessment of Sci-Fi creations and their relevance. The book appeals to students and researchers in the humanities, media studies, performance arts, as well as larger audiences interested in comparative and analytic discussions of Sci-Fi works anchored in real-life concerns.

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Chapter 00. Introduction - Aparajita Nanda and Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Rădulescu.- Part I. Performing an Ustopian Future.- Chapter 1. Back to the Future or Forward to the Past? Futurism, Transhumanism, and Transmedia in Two Ustopian Operas by Gian Carlo Menotti and Tod Machover - Alina Bottez.- Chapter 2. Beyond Self-Identity and Toward Alter Ego. Transcendence in Contemporary Japanese Theater - Iryna Kastylianchanka.- Chapter 3. Trans Identity and Neurodiversity in Dramatic Literature: Diego Casado Rubio’s millones de segundos - Lynn Deboeck.- Part II. Crafting Ustopian Ecosystems.- Chapter 4. Inventing the Enemy: Popular Science Fiction on Screen as Political Parables -Siddhartha Biswas.- Chapter 5. The end of the world is always a local event’: Dystopian Futures and Utopian Resistance in Contemporary Irish Fiction and Film - Simon Workman.- Chapter 6. Fast-forward into the Future: Socioeconomic Change and Spatial Reconfigurations in Years and Years (Russell T. Davies, 2019) - Pablo Gómez-Muñoz.- Chapter 7. Mis-Leading Meritocracies. Segregation and Biopolitics in Brazilian Ustopias - Olivia E. Holloway.- Chapter 8. Black Evermore. Racial Subjectivity, World-Building at Play, and Charting a Path from the Harlem Renaissance to Videogames through George Schuyler’s Black No More - Jalin Niamke Jackson.- Chapter 9. The Art of Being Governed? On Failings of the Utopic Imagination - Nefeli Forni Zervoudaki.- Chapter 10. Inhabiting Ustopia: Indian Science Fiction Films, PK and Anukul.- Chapter 11.- Beyond Stereotypes: Ms. Marvel and the Representation of Muslim Superheroine in Ustopian Narratives - Shaista Irshad.- Chapter 12. Choice, Compatibility and Consent in “Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya” - Mukta Sharangpani.- Part III. The Future is now: Contemporary Ustopians.- Chapter 13. Technologies of Survivance. The Indigenous Futurist Work of Cannupa Hanska Luger and Skawennati - Preston Taylor Stone.- Chapter 14. Between Ustopia and the Affective Heterotopia: Vtubing and its Fandom - Alice Teodorescu.- Chapter 15. Ustopians of Today: From Fantasy to Reality, Female Cosplay in Romania - Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Rădulescu.