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Dystopian Worlds Beyond Storytelling - by Valerio Alfonso Bruno & Antonio Campati & Anna Sfardini & Paolo Carelli (Paperback)

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  • In this edited volume, an authoritative collective work produced by the intellectual efforts of more than forty scholars gathered at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan in September 2022 for the international conference Dystopian Worlds Beyond Storytelling, the reader will find a comprehensive analysis of dystopian worlds and scenarios.
  • About the Author: Massimo Scaglioni (Afterword by) Massimo Scaglioni is Full Professor of Media History and Media Economics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.
  • 580 Pages
  • Literary Criticism, General

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An authoritative collective work produced by the intellectual efforts of scholars gathered at September 2022 for the international conference Dystopian Worlds Beyond Storytelling



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In this edited volume, an authoritative collective work produced by the intellectual efforts of more than forty scholars gathered at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan in September 2022 for the international conference Dystopian Worlds Beyond Storytelling, the reader will find a comprehensive analysis of dystopian worlds and scenarios. Following a multidisciplinary approach, topics as political orders and techno-dystopias, de-humanized worlds and contaminations, literature and performing arts, transmedia narratives, catastrophic and apocalyptic imaginaries are analyzed in depth.



About the Author



Massimo Scaglioni (Afterword by)
Massimo Scaglioni is Full Professor of Media History and Media Economics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He is also Adjunct Professor of Transmedia Narratives and Television: Industry and Languages at USI - Università della Svizzera Italiana, in Lugano. He is the co-founder and current Director of Ce.R.T.A. (Research Centre for Television and Audiovisual Media at Università Cattolica) and Director of the Master course "Fare TV. Gestione, Sviluppo, Comunicazione" at ALMED. Massimo Scaglioni is currently co-applicant on the Global Media and Internet Concentration (GMIC) Project, an international research project that has been awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; he has been the Principal Investigator of the three-year research project CinCit. International Circulation of Italian Cinema funded by MIUR (PRIN 2015 Program). He has published various volumes on media and broadcasting history and industry both as an author and as an editor, including: La televisione nella pandemia. Intrattenimento, fiction, informazione e sport nell'anno del Covid-19. Annuario 2021 (Carocci, 2021); A European Television Fiction Renaissance: Premium Production Models and Transnational Circulation (Routledge, 2021, with L. Barra); Cinema Made in Italy. La circolazione internazionale dell'audiovisivo italiano (Carocci, 2020), L'altro virus. Comunicazione e disinformazione al tempo del Covid-19 (Vita e Pensiero, 2020, with M. Sala).

Valerio Alfonso Bruno (Edited by)
Dr Valerio Alfonso Bruno is Researcher at the Catholic University of Milan. He is also Research Fellow at The Far-Right Analysis Network (FRAN).


Antonio Campati (Edited by)
Antonio Campati is Research Fellow at Catholic University of Sacred Heart (Milan). He is a member of the Editorial Board of Rivista italiana di filosofia politica and Power and Democracy. His research interests mainly focus on the transformations of political representation, the role of elites and the theories of democracy. Author of the books: La distanza democratica. Corpi intermedi e rappresentanza politica (Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2022) and I migliori al potere. La qualità nella rappresentanza politica (Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2016). He also edited: Democrazia e liberalismo: un connubio da ripensare? (Apes, Roma, 2022), Cittadinanza e sogno europeo. Partecipazione e inclusione tra vincoli e opportunità (Mimesis, Milano, 2019) and Democracy and Disintermediation. A Dangerous Relationship (with D. Palano, Educatt, Milano, 2022).

Anna Sfardini (Edited by)
Anna Sfardini is Assistant Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan) where she teaches Intercultural Communication and Research Methods on Media Production and Consumption. She is Senior Researcher at Ce.R.T.A. (Research Centre for Television and Audiovisual Media, at Università Cattolica), and Didactic Director of the Master course "Fare TV. Gestione, Sviluppo Comunicazione". Her principal field is media and television studies with a focus on media convergence, audiences, TV genres, mediatization of politics, TV for women and for kids. She is the author of several papers and books including Reality TV (Unicopli, 2009), La TV delle donne. Brand, programmi e pubblici (Unicopli, 2015, with C. Penati), La politica pop (Il Mulino, 2009, with G. Mazzoleni), La televisione. Modelli teorici e percorsi di analisi (Carocci, 2017, with M. Scaglioni).

Paolo Carelli (Edited by)
Paolo Carelli is Assistant Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and Brescia where he teaches Media Theory, Broadcasting History and Media and Digital Communication for International Business. Senior Researcher at Ce.R.T.A. - Research Centre for Television and Audiovisual Media, he is didactic coordinator of the Master course "Fare TV. Gestione, Sviluppo, Comunicazione". His main field of research is television studies with a focus on transformation of national media systems, relationship between TV and sports and representation of locations in TV products. He has published several articles on international journals and his latest book is Il passaggio al 5G e gli effetti sul sistema radio-televisivo locale (with A. Sfardini, Rubbettino 2020).

Damiano Palano (Preface by)
Damiano Palano is Full professor of Political Philosophy and Director of Political Sciences Department at Catholic University of Sacred Heart (Milan). He teaches "Political Science" and "Political Theory of the Global Age". He is currently engaged in a research project on the transformation of democracy and on the rise of populism. Recent publications include the books: Bubble democracy. La fine del pubblico e la nuova polarizzazione (Scholé-Morcelliana, Brescia, 2020); Il mondo fragile. Scenari globali dopo la pandemia (Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2020; ed. with R. Caruso); Il segreto del potere. Alla ricerca di un'ontologia del "politico" (Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2018); Populismo (Bibliografica, Milano, 2017).

Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 580
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Valerio Alfonso Bruno & Antonio Campati & Anna Sfardini & Paolo Carelli
Language: English
Street Date: November 19, 2024
TCIN: 89218994
UPC: 9783838218304
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-0808
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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