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Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction

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Description for Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.

In Speculative Blackness, André M. Carrington analyzes the highly racialized genre of speculative fiction—including science fiction, fantasy, and utopian works, along with their fan cultures—to illustrate the relationship between genre conventions in media and the meanings ascribed to blackness in the popular imagination.

Carrington’s argument about authorship, fandom, and race in a genre that has been both marginalized and celebrated offers a black perspective on iconic works of science fiction. He examines the career of actor Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed the character Uhura in the original Star Trek television series and later became a recruiter for NASA, and the spin-off series ... Read more


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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816678969
SKU
V9780816678969
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About André M. Carrington
André M. Carrington is assistant professor of English at Drexel University.

Reviews for Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction
"André M. Carrington takes readers on a voyage that beautifully maps gendered and sexualized articulations of Blackness across different speculative genres and media... Speculative Blackness is a wonderful book that makes indispensable contributions to Black studies, literary studies, studies science fiction fan fiction and fandom, and Afrofuturism."—Alexander G. Weheliye, Northwestern University "An excellent exploration of blackness in sci-fi."—PopMatters "This ... Read more

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