Urban Decay and Sexual Outlaws in the Blade Runner Universe

Urban Decay and Sexual Outlaws in the Blade Runner Universe

The urban future of Los Angeles in Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner (1982) is one of advanced decay, an sf-noir vision of a postwar metropolis in decline. While the city falls into profound disrepair and its citizens succumb to debilitating sicknesses, however, the furor over fugitive replicant...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science Fiction Studies. - SF-TH Inc., 1973. - 44(2017), 1, Seite 65-83
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Veröffentlicht: 2017
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Schlagworte:Social sciences Behavioral sciences Law Arts Health sciences
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