Description

• Title:
  Posthuman echoes, apocalyptic tones and animal noises in Bong Joon-ho’s films
• Creator:
  Loska, Krzysztof
• Description:
  The subject of the analysis in this article are three films by Bong Joon-ho: The Host (2006), Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (2017), considered from the posthumanist perspective. A starting point is Donna Haraway’s suggestion that science-fiction stories should be treated as a tool for speculative thinking. Then, I point to the way the Korean film director demonstrates his critical reflection on the effects of climate change, deepening economic inequalities, the impact of global capitalism and the biopolitical model of the governance. The main aim is to seek out the possible strategies of resistance which enable humans to change their attitude to other species (Okja) and to ask a question about the scope of human freedom, the effects of our interference in the functioning of the biosphere (Snowpiercer) and the results of genetic modifications of animals.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 Krzysztof Loska
• Date:
  2021.03.31
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication; Vol. 28 No. 37 (2020): Science Fiction: The Future is Present; 151-166;
  Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication; Tom 28 Nr 37 (2020): Science Fiction: The Future is Present; 151-166;
  2720-040X;
  1731-450X
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/27648/25120
• Subject:
  posthumanism;
  science fiction film;
  Bong Joon-ho;
  animal studies;
  biopolitics;
  apocalyptic narratives;
  ecological catastrophes
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/27648
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text