Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1 Precursors
7. Chapter 1 Technology and Surveillance in Millennial Hollywood 21
8. Chapter 2 Critiquing Twenty-First-Century Capitalism 33
9. Chapter 3 Hollywood’s Bay Area 42
10. Part 2 Real Genius
11. Chapter 4 The Silicon Valley Biopic 61
12. Chapter 5 Constructing the Silicon Valley Icon 78
13. Part 3 Silicon Valley’s Dystopian Utopia
14. Chapter 6 Technology Solutionism and the World of Work 99
15. Chapter 7 Dystopian Diversity 118
16. Part 4 Silicon Valley’s Evil Geniuses
17. Chapter 8 Posthumanity and Masculinity 137
18. Chapter 9 The Turbo-capitalist Tech Bro 156
19. Conclusion: Why Him? and the Dialectics of Silicon Valley Cinema 173
20. Bibliography 183
21. Index 202