Combe, Kirk <br/><br/>
Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film  Rant Against the Regime 

 -  Taylor & Francis  Routledge [Imprint]  2021 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction .
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<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367626815 9780367654092 9781003110491 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003110491  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century<br/>Motion pictures--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Political satire, American--History and criticism.<br/>Politics and literature--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Popular culture and literature--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Speculative fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>Cinéma--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.<br/>Culture populaire et littérature--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.<br/>Politique et littérature--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.<br/>Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--21e siècle<br/>Roman d'hypothèse américain--Histoire et critique.<br/>Satire politique américaine--Histoire et critique.<br/>American fiction<br/>Biography, Literature and Literary studies<br/>Cultural and media studies<br/>Cultural studies<br/>International relations<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy<br/>Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers<br/>Literature: history and criticism<br/>Motion pictures<br/>Performing arts<br/>Political ideologies and movements<br/>Political satire, American<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General<br/>Politics and government<br/>Politics and literature<br/>Popular culture and literature<br/>Popular culture<br/>Society and culture: general<br/>Society and Social Sciences<br/>Speculative fiction, American<br/>Television<br/>The Arts
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>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