书目名称 | Reading Westworld | 编辑 | Alex Goody,Antonia Mackay | 视频video | | 概述 | Offers unique insights into the ways in which the TV series Westworld contributes to cultural and literary debates.Combines analyses of visual media, contemporary television and culture with influenti | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Reading Westworld. is the first volume to explore the cultural, textual and theoretical significance of the hugely successful HBO TV series .Westworld.. The essays engage in a series of original enquiries into the central themes of the series including conceptions of the human and posthuman, American history, gaming, memory, surveillance, AI, feminism, imperialism, free will and contemporary capitalism. In its varied critical engagements with the genre, narratives and contexts of .Westworld., this volume explores the show’s wider and deeper meanings and the questions it poses, as well considering how .Westworld. reflects on the ethical implications of artificial life and technological innovation for our own futurity. With critical essays that draw on the interdisciplinary strengths and productive intersections of media, cultural and literary studies, .Reading Westworld. seeks to respond to the show’s fundamental question; “Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?” It will be of interest to students, academics and general readers seeking to engage with .Westworld. and the far-reaching questions it poses about our current engagements with technology. . | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | 关键词 | television; TV; human; posthuman; surveillance; gaming; AI; artificial intelligence; feminism; free will; narr | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14515-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-14515-6 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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