The Black Imagination, Science Fiction and the Speculative (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2015
First published:	2011
Editors:	Sandra Jackson • Julie Moody Freeman
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-86451-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
LSN:	1-138-86451-X
Barcode:	9781138864511

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