Bibliograph

Imagining the future of climate change, world-making through science fiction and activism, Shelley Streeby

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Imagining the future of climate change, world-making through science fiction and activism, Shelley Streeby

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Imagining the future of climate change

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

981118146

Responsibility statement

Shelley Streeby

Series statement

American studies now: critical histories of the present, 5

Sub title

world-making through science fiction and activism

Summary

"From the 1960s to the present, activists, artists, and science fiction writers have imagined the consequences of climate change and its impacts on our future. Authors such as Octavia Butler and Leslie Marmon Silko, movie directors such as Bong Joon-Ho, and creators of digital media such as the makers of the Maori web series Anamata Future News have all envisioned future worlds in the wake of imminent environmental collapse, engaging audiences to think about the earth's sustainability. As public awareness of climate change has grown, so has the popularity of imaginative works of climate fiction that connect science with activism. Today real-world social movements helmed by Indigenous people and people of color are leading the way against the greatest threat to our environment: the fossil fuel industry. It is through these stories and movements by Natives and people of color--both in the real world and imagined through science fiction--that we understand the relationship between culture and activism and how both can be a valuable tool in creating our future. Imagining the Future of Climate Change introduces readers to the history and most significant flashpoints in climate justice through speculative fictions and social movements to explore post-disaster possibilities and the art of world-making"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Imagining the future of climate change -- #NoDAPL : Native American and indigenous science, fiction, and futurisms -- Climate refugees in the greenhouse world : archiving global warming with Octavia E. Butler -- Climate change as a world problem : shaping change in the wake of disaster

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World-making through science fiction and activism

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