Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction Novels (Hardcover)

Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction Novels explores the ways in which Octavia Butler's liminal protagonists undergo ritualized transformations while in exile from their home communities. During this process, they engage in psychological, physical, political, and social transitions through what Victor Turner and Makhail Bakhtin describe as carnivalesque identities. Using postcolonial, feminist, anti-capitalist, and African American theorists, Lin Knutson examines how Butler's imagined genesis and history carry echoes of American history, slave history, debt slavery, and colonization.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books-Fortress Academic
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2023
Authors:	Lin Knutson
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	138
ISBN-13:	978-1-66690-310-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-66690-310-8
Barcode:	9781666903102

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