Collection on Futuristic Worlds in Literature, Film, or Performative Arts
Due Date: 08-01-2023
Identity and representation in the here and now, as far as cultural productions are concerned, have been supported or undermined by visions of the future in literature, performative arts, or cinema. Authors and performers have offered to audiences their concerns, hopes, and expectations about possible futures through either utopian or dystopian narratives.
It is our belief that the role of futuristic and science fiction productions has been key in supporting a transcendence and transformation of subjectivities in the now.
Therefore, we are inviting scholars interested in renditions of futuristic worlds in literature, film, or performative arts focusing on (but not restricted to) the following topics to join us in this book project:
- Technology and transcendence (technology-driven futures; technological advances in conflict with human nature and society; artificial intelligence and transhumanism).
- Gender identities and gender roles (LGBT+; transgender people and species, cyborgs and other beings; gender roles or disability reimagined or transformed by futuristic contexts).
- Nature and (animal) biology in science fiction (humans and technological advances in conflict or in harmony with nature and society; utopian or dystopian ecological futures; fears and dreams that transcend geographical borders; survival of the human species and alien encounters).
You are kindly invited to email your paper abstract (500 words) and short bio (150 words) to both editors of the book:
Aparajita Nanda
aparananda@berkeley.edu
Lucia-Mihaela Grosu-Rădulescu
lucia.grosu@rei.ase.ro
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 August 2023
You will be informed of selection by 1 September 2023.
Accepted contributors will need to submit papers of around 6,000 words by 15 January 2024.