Speculative Satire In Contemporary Literature And Film (Routledge Studies In Speculative Fiction) - 9780367654092

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Since 1980, when neoliberal and neoconservative forces began their hostile takeover of western culture, a new type of political satire has emerged that works to unmask and deter those toxic doctrines. Literary and cultural critic Kirk Combe calls this new form of satire the Rant. The Rant is grim, highly imaginative, and complex in its blending of genres. It mixes facets of satire, science fiction, and monster tale to produce widely consumed spectacles--major studio movies, popular television/streaming series, bestselling novels--designed to disturb and to provoke. The Rant targets what Combe calls the Regime. Simply put, the Regime is the sum of the dangerous social, economic, and political orthodoxies spurred on by neoliberal and neoconservative polity. Such practices include free-market capitalism, corporatism, militarism, religiosity, imperialism, racism, patriarchy, and so on. In the Rant, then, we have a unique and wholly contemporary genre of political expression and protest: speculative satire.


  • | Author: Kirk Combe
  • | Publisher: Routledge
  • | Publication Date: May 31, 2023
  • | Number of Pages: 206 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 0367654091
  • | ISBN-13: 9780367654092
Author:
Kirk Combe
Publisher:
Routledge
Publication Date:
May 31, 2023
Number of pages:
206 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0367654091
ISBN-13:
9780367654092