Barbara Brodman is professor emerita in the Department of History and Political Science at Nova Southeastern University. James E. Doan is professor in the Department of Literature and Modern Languages at Nova Southeastern University.
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Introduction Barbara Brodman and James E Doan Chapter One - Getting Off: Henry James and Writing Utopia Dan M. R. Abitz Chapter Two - Poison in the Ear: Lessons of Literary Alt-Narratives for the Trump Era Christine Jackson Chapter Three - The Search for Sustainability Transitions in Science Fiction Futures Jeffrey Barber Chapter Four - Resurrecting and Adapting A Wrinkle in Time in the Age of Trump Emily A. O'Dell Chapter Five - The Medium is the Massacre: Deceit, Desire, and Patrick Bateman's Trumpian Dystopia Daniel Adleman Chapter Six - "Horror Movies are Already Telling the Story" ...of Trump's America Todd K. Platts and Kibiriti Majuto Chapter Seven - Beautiful and Damned: Tech Noir, Neoplatonism, and Existential Crises in Bladerunner 2049 Sue Matheson Chapter Eight - Feminism-Reboot in Mad Max, Fury Road and Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale Kate Waites Chapter Nine - Architectures of Ustopia: CDMX as Setting and Character in Mischa Rozema's Short Film Sundays Raul Rodriguez-Hernandez and Claudia Schaefer Chapter Ten - X-Men Saga and the Dystopian "Otherness": Race, Identity, Repression and Inclusiveness in the Mutant World Elisabetta Di Minico Chapter Eleven - Hang the DJ: Black Mirror in the Age of Trump Matthew Paproth Chapter Twelve - Through the Eyes of the Wardens: Judge Dredd under the Shadow of Trump Tom Shapira Chapter Thirteen - Grab 'em by the Seeds: The Regressive Utopianism of Trumpism in Katherine Burdekin's Swastika Night Ryan Farrar Chapter Fourteen - Diverse New World David L. McNaron Selected Bibliography Index About the Contributors