RoboCop

by Omar Ahmed

RoboCop, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven's first American film, was both a commercial and (surprise) critical hit on release in 1987. Marking its thirtieth anniversary, this volume explores the film from a variety of critical approaches, including rereading RoboCop as a Western; the neofascist corporatization of the human body; satire, late-Reagan America and the rise of neoliberalism; resurrection, death, and the figure of the cyborg...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911325256
• ISBN13: 9781911325253
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 7.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher