Przyszłość już była. Dystopie w najnowszym kinie science fiction Ameryki Łacińskiej

• Authors: Bolesław Racięski

Title variants

EN

The future has already happened. Dystopias in contemporary Latin American science fiction cinema

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

This paper examines the various ways in which contemporary Latin American science fiction films contest the neocolonial and neoliberal narratives, dominant in the region since the 20th century. I identify and examine strategies that filmmakers employ to challenge the common understanding of such notions as time, modernity and technological progress. I outline the visions of dystopias presented in the examined films, while also analyzing the counter-narratives introduced by filmmakers, which are mostly focused on creating a new, hybrid identity for a future citizen.

EN

This paper examines the various ways in which contemporary Latin American science fiction films contest the neocolonial and neoliberal narratives, dominant in the region since the 20th century. I identify and examine strategies that filmmakers employ to challenge the common understanding of such notions as time, modernity and technological progress. I outline the visions of dystopias presented in the examined films, while also analyzing the counter-narratives introduced by filmmakers, which are mostly focused on creating a new, hybrid identity for a future citizen.

Keywords

PL

dystopia; Latin American Cinema; neocolonialism; neoliberalism; science fiction

EN

dystopia; Latin American Cinema; neocolonialism; neoliberalism; science fiction; dystopia; Latin American Cinema; neocolonialism; neoliberalism; science fiction

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 37
• Pages: 167-175

Dates

published

2021-03-31

Contributors

author

Bolesław Racięski

• Wydział „Artes Liberales”, Uniwersytet Warszawski

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1908-9039

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2020.37.10