Author: J. Javier Torres-Fernández

Abstract Sense8 proposes a queer utopian futurity where love, empathy, and the power of collective action defeat the evils present in an exclusionary, monophonic, and corrupt world. This power springs from the malleable and liquid quality of the main cluster’s communal conscience that, trespassing physical and mental boundaries, blurs the distinction between individuality and commonality.…

Resumen Este libro ofrece una exploración profunda y multifacética sobre la perspectiva de género, el papel de las mujeres y su representación en diversos ámbitos de la vida social, cultural, educativa e histórica. Presenta elementos de originalidad en varios aspectos, principalmente por su enfoque específico, las metodologías utilizadas, los temas abordados desde perspectivas particulares y…

Abstract Through a comprehensive analysis of popular contemporary science fiction television series, this book underscores the genre’s unique potential to both reflect and shape cultural perceptions of masculinity. Link to Bloomsbury’s book website here.

Abstract Taking as starting point of analysis Butler et al.’s concept of ‘vulnerability in resistance’ which emphasizes the active role of vulnerability in practices of resistance to oppressing power structures, and feminist theories that propose the posthuman subject as an alternative way of resisting normative ideas regarding gender and race (Braidotti, Ferrando), this paper seeks…

Abstract This article discusses the representation of biopolitical oppression of women’s bodies and its ethical consequences in the SF TV series Orphan Black (2013–2017). The series focuses on a group of self-aware clones who discover that they are victims of biological experimentation and corporate profit and start a collective fight against their oppressors. The show…