Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media |
| Volume | 35 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 5 Dec 2020 |
Fingerprint
Keywords
- apocalypse
- biopolitics
- biopower
- Michel Foucault
- Giorgio Agamben
- utopia
- childhood
Cite this
}
Apocalypse and the Biopolitics of Childhood. / Mousoutzanis, Aris.
In: Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media, Vol. 35, 05.12.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Apocalypse and the Biopolitics of Childhood
AU - Mousoutzanis, Aris
PY - 2020/12/5
Y1 - 2020/12/5
N2 - The article urges for further attention to representations of childhood in (post-)apocalyptic fictions from the perspective of biopolitical theory, by focusing on two recent television series, Utopia (UK, Channel 4, 2013-15) and The 100 (US, The CW, 2014-present). The apocalypse is discussed as a quintessentially biopolitical narrative about the extinction or survival of humanity. Representations of children as the future of the species are seen as indebted to developmental discourses permeated by biopower. Accordingly, the ‘end’ is staged as the disruption of these discourses that construct childhood as a stage that leads from innocence to experience, from vulnerability to security and from recklessness to maturity.
AB - The article urges for further attention to representations of childhood in (post-)apocalyptic fictions from the perspective of biopolitical theory, by focusing on two recent television series, Utopia (UK, Channel 4, 2013-15) and The 100 (US, The CW, 2014-present). The apocalypse is discussed as a quintessentially biopolitical narrative about the extinction or survival of humanity. Representations of children as the future of the species are seen as indebted to developmental discourses permeated by biopower. Accordingly, the ‘end’ is staged as the disruption of these discourses that construct childhood as a stage that leads from innocence to experience, from vulnerability to security and from recklessness to maturity.
KW - apocalypse
KW - biopolitics
KW - biopower
KW - Michel Foucault
KW - Giorgio Agamben
KW - utopia
KW - childhood
M3 - Article
VL - 35
JO - Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media
JF - Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media
SN - 1447-4905
ER -