Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film
Since 1980, when neoliberal and neoconservative forces began their hostile takeover of western culture, a new type of political satire has emerged that works to unmask and deter those toxic doctrines. Literary and cultural critic Kirk Combe calls this new form of satire the Rant. The Rant is grim, h...
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| description | Since 1980, when neoliberal and neoconservative forces began their hostile takeover of western culture, a new type of political satire has emerged that works to unmask and deter those toxic doctrines. Literary and cultural critic Kirk Combe calls this new form of satire the Rant. The Rant is grim, highly imaginative, and complex in its blending of genres. It mixes facets of satire, science fiction, and monster tale to produce widely consumed spectacles—major studio movies, popular television/streaming series, bestselling novels—designed to disturb and to provoke. The Rant targets what Combe calls the Regime. Simply put, the Regime is the sum of the dangerous social, economic, and political orthodoxies spurred on by neoliberal and neoconservative polity. Such practices include free-market capitalism, corporatism, militarism, religiosity, imperialism, racism, patriarchy, and so on. In the Rant, then, we have a unique and wholly contemporary genre of political expression and protest: speculative satire. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1356202025-07-18T09:46:33Z Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film Combe, Kirk satire,political satire,science fiction,speculative fiction,dystopia,dystopian fiction,neoliberalism,neoconservatism,genre studies,cultural studies,capitalism,individualism,surveillance,marxism,socialism,Neoliberal corporatism,Speculative satire,Literature and film,Science fiction,Terry Gilliam's film,Speculative Satire,MaddAddam Trilogy,Young Man,MaddAddam,Timeless,Handmaid’s Tale,Cognitive Estrangement,Surveillance Capitalism,Monster Tale,Workplace Abuse,Blade Runner,Shoshana Zuboff,Black Mirror,Menippean Satire,Roundabout,Feminist Fabulation,Lives,Chronic,America,North American Free Trade Agreement,Modern Satire,White Monster,International Monetary Fund,Horror Movie,God’s Gardeners thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture Since 1980, when neoliberal and neoconservative forces began their hostile takeover of western culture, a new type of political satire has emerged that works to unmask and deter those toxic doctrines. Literary and cultural critic Kirk Combe calls this new form of satire the Rant. The Rant is grim, highly imaginative, and complex in its blending of genres. It mixes facets of satire, science fiction, and monster tale to produce widely consumed spectacles—major studio movies, popular television/streaming series, bestselling novels—designed to disturb and to provoke. The Rant targets what Combe calls the Regime. Simply put, the Regime is the sum of the dangerous social, economic, and political orthodoxies spurred on by neoliberal and neoconservative polity. Such practices include free-market capitalism, corporatism, militarism, religiosity, imperialism, racism, patriarchy, and so on. In the Rant, then, we have a unique and wholly contemporary genre of political expression and protest: speculative satire. 2024-03-14T04:12:22Z 2024-03-14T04:12:22Z 2024-03-13T15:11:52Z 2021 book OCN: 1203018479 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/88398 9781003110491 9780367626815 9780367654092 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/135620 eng Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003110491 10.4324/9781003110491 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Chapter 1 The Rant Chapter 5 Special Topic Rants 9781003110491 9780367626815 9780367654092 Routledge open access |
| spellingShingle | satire,political satire,science fiction,speculative fiction,dystopia,dystopian fiction,neoliberalism,neoconservatism,genre studies,cultural studies,capitalism,individualism,surveillance,marxism,socialism,Neoliberal corporatism,Speculative satire,Literature and film,Science fiction,Terry Gilliam's film,Speculative Satire,MaddAddam Trilogy,Young Man,MaddAddam,Timeless,Handmaid’s Tale,Cognitive Estrangement,Surveillance Capitalism,Monster Tale,Workplace Abuse,Blade Runner,Shoshana Zuboff,Black Mirror,Menippean Satire,Roundabout,Feminist Fabulation,Lives,Chronic,America,North American Free Trade Agreement,Modern Satire,White Monster,International Monetary Fund,Horror Movie,God’s Gardeners thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture Combe, Kirk Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film |
| title | Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film |
| title_full | Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film |
| title_fullStr | Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film |
| title_full_unstemmed | Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film |
| title_short | Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film |
| title_sort | speculative satire in contemporary literature and film |
| topic | satire,political satire,science fiction,speculative fiction,dystopia,dystopian fiction,neoliberalism,neoconservatism,genre studies,cultural studies,capitalism,individualism,surveillance,marxism,socialism,Neoliberal corporatism,Speculative satire,Literature and film,Science fiction,Terry Gilliam's film,Speculative Satire,MaddAddam Trilogy,Young Man,MaddAddam,Timeless,Handmaid’s Tale,Cognitive Estrangement,Surveillance Capitalism,Monster Tale,Workplace Abuse,Blade Runner,Shoshana Zuboff,Black Mirror,Menippean Satire,Roundabout,Feminist Fabulation,Lives,Chronic,America,North American Free Trade Agreement,Modern Satire,White Monster,International Monetary Fund,Horror Movie,God’s Gardeners thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture |
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