{"product_id":"the-ecology-of-italian-science-fiction-hardback-9781487554705","title":"The Ecology of Italian Science Fiction (Hardback) 9781487554705","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ecology of Italian Science Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarco Malvestio (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487554705\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ecology of Italian Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the representation of ecological issues in Italian science fiction and film from the 1950s to the present. Taking into account a previously understudied corpus, the book reveals how Italian science fiction has consistently been able to conceptualize and dramatize the impact of human activities on the health of planetary ecosystems and addresses the radical environmental changes that have occurred in the country since the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving from current debates on the environmental humanities and on the cultural status of speculative fiction, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the evolution of the genre in Italy in relationship to the country's environmental history. The book highlights the ways in which Italian science fiction represents non-human agencies – animal, vegetal, mineral – and how the recent Solarpunk movement imagines new synergies with the environment. Drawing on notable works ranging from Lino Aldani to Gilda Musa, from Francesco Verso to Paolo Zardi, from Nicoletta Vallorani to Laura Pugno, \u003cem\u003eThe Ecology of Italian Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e covers topics as diverse as the evolution of petroculture in Italy, environmental justice and migrations, encounters with animal and vegetal alterity, ecofeminist stances, and new dreams of sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Texts Translations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Ecology of Italian Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003eScience Fiction and the Limits of Taxonomy\u003cbr\u003eThe Crisis of Imagination\u003cbr\u003eLanding in Lucca: Italian Science Fiction in Context\u003cbr\u003eStudying Italian Science Fiction: The Tools of the Trade\u003cbr\u003eThe Anthropocene and Italian Science Fiction: Overview of the Book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Post-Boom Wastelands\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Price of Oil: Petroculture and Environmental Degradation\u003cbr\u003eOverpopulation, Urban Sprawl, Environmental Degradation: Petro-Modernity in the Stories of Lino Aldani\u003cbr\u003eThe Trouble with Cars: Automobiles in Pierfrancesco Prosperi and Lino Aldani\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Lives in the Wasteocene: Environmental Justice and the Necropolitics of Disposability\u003cbr\u003eWasted People: Environmental Migration in Paolo Zardi and Bruno Arpaia\u003cbr\u003eThe Necropolitics of Disposability: \u003cem\u003eLivido\u003c\/em\u003e and Pulphagus®\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Encountering Non-Human Otherness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Domestic Jungles and Murderous Megaflora: Plants in Italian Science Fiction \u003cbr\u003eThe Fear of Vegetal Assimilation: Mario Bava’s \u003cem\u003eCaltiki\u003c\/em\u003e and Giorgio Scerbanenco’s \u003cem\u003eL’anaconda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Benevolent Monstrosity of Plants: Gilda Musa’s \u003cem\u003eGiungla domestica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Texts of Meat: Representing Animal Exploitation\u003cbr\u003eCrossing to the Other Shore: Animal Exploitation in Lino Aldani \u003cbr\u003eMermaids Like Us: Animal Farming and Gendered Violence in Laura Pugno\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Exit Strategies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Alternative Ethics: Ecofeminism in Italian Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWomen Experimenting: The Feminist Ecologies of Gilda Musa\u003cbr\u003eHumus Sapiens: Gendered Violence and Composting Feminism in Nicoletta Vallorani\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. New Energies, New Minds: Italian Solarpunk and the Imagination of Sustainability\u003cbr\u003eSolar, Not Sunny: Solarpunk in Italy\u003cbr\u003eThe Light Green: The Imagery of Italian Solarpunk\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: A Matter of Imagination\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595947733272,"sku":"9781487554705","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ecology-of-italian-science-fiction-hardback-9781487554705","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}