Table of Contents
Introduction: Marxism and Science Fiction Cinema Ewa Mazierska Alpredo Suppia 1
1 First Contact or Primal Scene: Communism Meets Real Socialism Meets Capitalism in Early Czechoslovak Science Fiction Cinema Petra Hanáková 25
2 Soviet and Post-Soviet Images of Capitalism: Ideological Fissures in Marek Piestrak's Polish-Estonian Coproductions Eva Näripea 48
3 Paying Freedom Dues: Marxism, Black Radicalism, and Blaxploitation Science Fiction Mark Bould 72
4 The Biopolitics of Globalization in Damir Lukacevic's Transfer Sherryl Vint 98
5 Capitalism and Wasted Lives in District 9 and Elysium Ewa Mazierska Alfredo Suppia 121
6 Marxism vs. Postmodernism: The Case of The Matrix Tony Burns 149
7 Representation of "Gaming Capitalism" in Avalon and Garner Ewa Mazierska 179
8 Remote Exploitations: Alex Riveras Materialist SF Cinema in the Age of Cognitive Capitalism Alfredo Suppia 202
9 Rags and Revolution: Visions of the Uimpenproletariat in Latin American Zombie Films Mariano Paz 229
Contributors 251
Index 255