Publication: Hyper-consumption and the nonhumans
in okja and never let me go films
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2021-05-14
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eng
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Srinakharinwirot University
Suggested Citation
Siriyakorn Atirek, สิริยากรณ์ อติเรก (2021). Hyper-consumption and the nonhumans
in okja and never let me go films. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/53684
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การบริโภคแบบกักตุนกับสิ่งที่ไม่ใช่มนุษย์ในภาพยนตร์เรื่อง Okja และ Never Let Me Go
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Abstract
This paper discusses the concept of hyper-consumption and neoliberal capitalism as well as their effects on nonhumans in two dystopian films, Okja and Never Let Me Go. These films depict hyper-consumption of non-humans including genetically modified pigs and human clones that are subject to neoliberal capitalist and anthropocentric values. The paper draws upon the critique of neoliberal capitalism by Zygmunt Bauman in the discussion of hyper-consumption and refers to the conceptualization of posthumanism by Cary Wolfe, including an analysis of homocentrism and its effects on nonhumans. The paper reveals how neoliberal capitalism creates hyper-consumption, leading to mass production and consequently nonhuman exploitation as portrayed in the films. The nonhumans become voiceless victims of capitalism and homocentrism to help intensify the exploitation. They are objectified as commodities and physically and mentally suppressed in order to serve the human desire for profit and consumption.
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MASTER OF ARTS (M.A.)
ศิลปศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต (ศศ.ม.)
ศิลปศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต (ศศ.ม.)
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Srinakharinwirot University