{"product_id":"speculative-satire-in-contemporary-literature-and-film-rant-against-the-regime-9780367654092","title":"Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film: Rant Against the Regime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKirk Combe theorizes a new type of contemporary political satire:\u003ci\u003e the Rant\u003c\/i\u003e. Grim, imaginative, and complex in its blending of genres, the Rant targets\u003ci\u003e the Regime\u003c\/i\u003e—the dangerous social and economic orthodoxies of neoliberalism and neoconservatism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 198 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 May 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 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\u003ci\u003e the Rant\u003c\/i\u003e. 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\u003ci\u003e the Regime\u003c\/i\u003e. 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: \u003ci\u003especulative satire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 453g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780367654092\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirk Combe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44278229205242,"sku":"9780367654092","price":43.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1686329248987_book.jpg?v=1686655585","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/speculative-satire-in-contemporary-literature-and-film-rant-against-the-regime-9780367654092","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}