Lost in Space: Surviving Globalization in Gravity and The Martian.
The Martian (2015) and Gravity (2013) join a group of recent maritime disaster films in depicting American individuals struggling to survive in hostile natural environments. Noting the ocean's historical function as a signifier of internationalism, this essay examines these science-fictional stories...
| Publicado en: | Science Fiction Studies Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 127 - 143 |
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University of California Press
Mar2019
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