The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative
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The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative
The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative

The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative

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Sandra Jackson (Contributor) Julie Moody Freeman (Contributor)  

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This book expands the discourse as well as the nature of critical commentary on science fiction, speculative fiction and futurism - literary and cinematic by Black writers. The range of topics include the following: black superheroes; issues and themes in selected works by Octavia Butler; selected work of Nalo Hopkinson; the utopian and dystopian impulse in the work of W.E. B. Du Bois and George Schuyler; Derrick Bell's Space Traders; the Star Trek Franchise; female protagonists through the lens of race and gender in the Alien and Predator film franchises; science fiction in the Caribbean Diaspora; commentary on select African films regarding near-future narratives; as well as a science fiction/speculative literature writer's discussion of why she writes and how. This book was published as a special issue of African Identities: An International Journal.
Sandra Jackson is a Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at DePaul University.Julie Moody-Freeman is an Associate Professor of African and Black Diaspora Studies at DePaul University.
  • Contributor: Sandra Jackson
  • Imprint: Routledge
  • ISBN13: 9780415614825
  • Number of Pages: 172
  • Packaged Dimensions: 174x246mm
  • Packaged Weight: 490
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Release Date: 2010-11-10
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Sandra Jackson is a Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at DePaul University.Julie Moody-Freeman is an Associate Professor of African and Black Diaspora Studies at DePaul University.

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