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T1 Chinese science fiction in the Anthropocene
A1 Imbach, Jessica
K1 Liu Cixin
K1 Science fiction
K1 China
K1 Anthropocene
K1 Environmental crisis
K1 Ciencia ficción
K1 Antropoceno
K1 Crisis medioambiental
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB A green future has become a central promise of the Chinese state and the environment is playing an increasingly important role in China’s bid to promote itself as a political alternative to the West. However, Chinese state environmentalism and its promotion of “ecological civilization” (shengtai wenming 生态文明) have so far proven more aligned with political interests rather than environmental goals. At the same time, low-orbit industrialization as a response to the climate change or the resurgent fantasy of population control as a necessity from the standpoint of biology in environmentalist discourse are increasingly entangled with anxieties and speculations about Chinese visions of the future. Using Liu Cixin’s short story “The Sun of China” (Zhongguo taiyang 中国太阳, 2001) and the 2019 blockbuster science fiction movie “The Wandering Earth” (Liulang diqiu  流浪地球) by Frant Gwo as its point of departure, this paper discusses how current narratives of the Anthropocene are reflected and negotiated in Chinese science fiction. While both works demonstrate the symbolic and economic importance of science and technology to China’s growth and self-image, they also reveal that we cannot separate questions of the planetary from the historical contexts, in which they emerge.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
SN 2171-9594
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47888
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47888
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 18-abr-2024