Reading Westworld
Reading Westworld is the first volume to explore the cultural, textual and theoretical significance of the hugely successful HBO TV seriesWestworld. The essays engage in a series of original enquiries into the central themes of the series including c
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Reading Westworld
Alex Goody · Antonia Mackay Editors
Reading Westworld
Editors Alex Goody Oxford Brookes University Oxford, UK
Antonia Mackay Oxford Brookes University Oxford, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-14514-9 ISBN 978-3-030-14515-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14515-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019935557 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: Ross Henry/Alamy Stock Photo Cover design by eStudio Calamar This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For Jasmine, without whom this collection would never have been envisaged; and for Fitzgerald, Gatsby and Atticus, whose feline ways meant the collection regularly required additional edits.
Contents
1 Introduction 1 Alex Goody and Antonia Mackay 2
These Violent Delights: Navigating Westworld as “Quality” Television 23 Kim Wilkins
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‘That Which Is Real Is Irreplaceable’: Lies, Damned Lies, and (Dis-)simulations in Westworld 43 Will Slocombe
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Factitive Maps: Manipulating Spaces and Characters in Vast Narratives 61 Giulia Taurino and Sara Casoli
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Westworld and the Pursuit of Meaningful Play 79 Andra Ivănescu
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Music as a Source of Narrative Information in HBO’s Westworld 97 Kingsley Marshall
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The Frontier Myth of Memory, Dreams, and Trauma in Westworld 119 Carol Erwin
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Long Live the New Flesh: Race and the Posthuman in Westworld 141 Sherryl Vint
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Flies in the Face: Entomology and the Mechanics of Becoming-Living in Westworld 161 Kristen Tregar
10 Westworld’s Archideology and the Impossibility of Freedom 181 Antonia Mackay 1
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