Acknowledgments
Note on Texts Translations
Introduction: The Ecology of Italian Science Fiction
Science Fiction and the Limits of Taxonomy
The Crisis of Imagination
Landing in Lucca: Italian Science Fiction in Context
Studying Italian Science Fiction: The Tools of the Trade
The Anthropocene and Italian Science Fiction: Overview of the Book
Part I: Post-Boom Wastelands
1. The Price of Oil: Petroculture and Environmental Degradation
Overpopulation, Urban Sprawl, Environmental Degradation: Petro-Modernity in the Stories of Lino Aldani
The Trouble with Cars: Automobiles in Pierfrancesco Prosperi and Lino Aldani
2. Lives in the Wasteocene: Environmental Justice and the Necropolitics of Disposability
Wasted People: Environmental Migration in Paolo Zardi and Bruno Arpaia
The Necropolitics of Disposability: Livido and Pulphagus®
Part II: Encountering Non-Human Otherness
3. Domestic Jungles and Murderous Megaflora: Plants in Italian Science Fiction
The Fear of Vegetal Assimilation: Mario Bava’s Caltiki and Giorgio Scerbanenco’s L’anaconda
The Benevolent Monstrosity of Plants: Gilda Musa’s Giungla domestica
4. Texts of Meat: Representing Animal Exploitation
Crossing to the Other Shore: Animal Exploitation in Lino Aldani
Mermaids Like Us: Animal Farming and Gendered Violence in Laura Pugno
Part III: Exit Strategies
5. Alternative Ethics: Ecofeminism in Italian Science Fiction
Women Experimenting: The Feminist Ecologies of Gilda Musa
Humus Sapiens: Gendered Violence and Composting Feminism in Nicoletta Vallorani
6. New Energies, New Minds: Italian Solarpunk and the Imagination of Sustainability
Solar, Not Sunny: Solarpunk in Italy
The Light Green: The Imagery of Italian Solarpunk
Conclusion: A Matter of Imagination
Notes
Works Cited
Index