The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative

Name: The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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By: Sandra Jackson (Editor), Julie Moody Freeman (Editor)

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Hardcover | 10 November 2010 | Edition Number 1

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172 Pages

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24.6 x 17.4 x 1.6

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This book expands the discourse as well as the nature of critical commentary on science fiction, speculative fiction and futurism â" 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 Bellâs 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 writerâs discussion of why she writes and how. This book was published as a special issue of African Identities: An International Journal.

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