The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 113886451X ISBN 13 : 9781138864511

Editeur : Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 113886451X
• ISBN 13: 9781138864511
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Éditeur: Jackson Sandra, Moody Freeman Julie
• Coordonnées du fabricant: BOOKS etc..; cs@booksetc.co.uk; ; BOOKS etc.; Aldershot; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible