06059namaa2201513uu 4500 oapen88398 oapen 20251217011851.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 240424s2021a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 1203018479 OCoLC 9780367626815 9780367654092 9781003110491 10.4324/9781003110491 doi (OCoLC)1203018479 oapen oapen eng dc A thema AT thema ATJ thema D thema DS thema DSK thema J thema JB thema JBC thema JBCC thema JBCC1 thema JP thema JPF thema JPS thema Combe, Kirk edt Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film Rant Against the Regime Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2021 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star 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. Open licence https://oapen.org/article/rights eng American fiction 21st century History and criticism. Motion pictures United States History 21st century. Political satire, American History and criticism. Politics and literature United States History 21st century. Popular culture and literature United States History 21st century. Speculative fiction, American History and criticism. Cinéma États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle. Culture populaire et littérature États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle. Politique et littérature États-Unis Histoire 21e siècle. Roman américain 21e siècle Histoire et critique. Roman d'hypothèse américain Histoire et critique. Satire politique américaine Histoire et critique. American fiction fast Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema Cultural and media studies thema Cultural studies thema International relations thema LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy bisacsh Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema Literature: history and criticism thema Motion pictures fast Performing arts thema Political ideologies and movements thema Political satire, American fast POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General bisacsh Politics and government thema Politics and literature fast Popular culture and literature fast Popular culture thema Society and culture: general thema Society and Social Sciences thema Speculative fiction, American fast Television thema The Arts thema America Black Mirror Blade Runner capitalism Chronic Cognitive Estrangement cultural studies dystopia dystopian fiction Feminist Fabulation genre studies God's Gardeners Handmaid's Tale Horror Movie individualism International Monetary Fund Literature and film Lives MaddAddam MaddAddam Trilogy marxism Menippean Satire Modern Satire Monster Tale neoconservatism Neoliberal corporatism neoliberalism North American Free Trade Agreement political satire Roundabout satire science fiction Science fiction Shoshana Zuboff socialism speculative fiction Speculative satire Speculative Satire surveillance Surveillance Capitalism Terry Gilliam's film Timeless White Monster Workplace Abuse Young Man Combe, Kirk aut OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/88398 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 37127 37127