University of Toronto Press
The Ecology of Italian Science Fiction
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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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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Notes on Texts and Translations
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Introduction. The Ecology of Italian Science Fiction
1 - Part I. Post-Boom Wastelands
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1. The Price of Oil: Petroculture and Environmental Degradation
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2. Lives in the Wasteocene: Environmental Justice and the Necropolitics of Disposability
63 - Part II. Encountering Non-Human Otherness
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3. Domestic Jungles and Murderous Megaflora: Plants in Italian Science Fiction
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4. Texts of Meat: Representing Animal Exploitation 109 Crossing to the Other Shore: Animal Exploitation
109 - Part III. Exit Strategies
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5. Alternative Ethics: Ecofeminism in Italian Science Fiction
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6. New Energies, New Minds: Italian Solarpunk and the Imagination of Sustainability
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Conclusion. A Matter of the Imagination
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Notes
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Works Cited
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Index
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