{"title":"Mark Bould","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Bould’s work explores the intersection of speculative fiction and cultural theory, offering insightful reflections on contemporary society through imaginative narratives. His books often challenge conventional perspectives, weaving together themes of ecology, technology, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful blend of \u003cem\u003escience fiction\u003c\/em\u003e and critical analysis that probes the complexities of the Anthropocene and beyond, making his collection essential for those interested in the evolving dialogue between culture and the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-anthropocene-unconscious-by-mark-bould-9781839760471","title":"The Anthropocene Unconscious","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe art and literature of our time is pregnant with catastrophe, with weather and water, wildness and weirdness. The Anthropocene — the term given to this geological epoch in which humans, \u003ci\u003eanthropos\u003c\/i\u003e, are wreaking havoc on the earth — is to be found bubbling away everywhere in contemporary cultural production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTypically, discussions of how culture registers, figures and mediates climate change focus on ‘climate fiction’ or ‘cli-fi’, but \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropocene Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e is more interested in how the Anthropocene and especially anthropogenic climate destabilisation manifests in texts that are not overtly about climate change — that is, unconsciously. The Anthropocene, Mark Bould argues, constitutes the unconscious of ‘the art and literature of our time’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracing the outlines of the Anthropocene unconscious in a range of film, television and literature — across a range of genres and with utter disregard for high-low culture distinctions — this playful and riveting book draws out some of the things that are repressed and obscured by the term ‘the Anthropocene’, including capital, class, imperialism, inequality, alienation, violence, commodification, patriarchy and racial formations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anthropocene Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e is about a kind of rewriting. It asks: what happens when we stop assuming that the text is not about the anthropogenic biosphere crises engulfing us? What if all the stories we tell are stories about the Anthropocene? About climate change?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833571332332,"sku":"9781839760471","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/503743482843.jpg?v=1758465654"},{"product_id":"solaris-by-mark-bould-9781844578054","title":"Solaris","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite being one of Andrei Tarkovsky's most successful films, \u003cem\u003eSolaris\u003c\/em\u003e (1972) was the one he most disliked. This dismissal of his most generically marked film has often been accepted by those quick to embrace the image of Tarkovsky as a transcendent artist rising above the politics of the Soviet film industry and the trappings of genre to produce personal works of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGoing against such currents, Mark Bould instead treats \u003cem\u003eSolaris\u003c\/em\u003e as the product of a genre as well as the work of a skilled film-maker. He teases out Tarkovsky's fascination with Stanislaw Lem, on whose novel the film was based, and also considers Steven Soderbergh's 2002 adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLively and revealing, Bould's examination situates \u003cem\u003eSolaris\u003c\/em\u003e within the Russian and global cultures of the fantastic, to which Tarkovsky contributed three major science fiction films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis special edition features original cover artwork by Matthew Shlian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461424267500,"sku":"9781844578054","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781844578054-solaris.jpg?v=1774967471"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/mark-bould.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}