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- Race in American Science Fiction
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
Noting that science fiction is characterized by an investment in the proliferation of racial difference, Isiah Lavender III argues that racial alterity is fundamental to the genre's narrative strategy. Race in American Science Fiction offers a systematic classification of ways that race appears and how it is silenced in science fiction, while developing a critical vocabulary designed to focus attention on often-overlooked racial implications. These focused readings of science fiction contextualize race within the genre's better-known master narratives and agendas. Authors discussed include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and Ursula K. Le Guin, among many others.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- 1 Racing Science Fiction
- pp. 21-53
- 2 Meta-slavery
- pp. 54-88
- 3 Jim Crow Extrapolations
- pp. 89-117
- 4 Ailments of Race
- pp. 118-156
- 5 Ethnoscapes
- pp. 157-185
- 6 Technologically Derived Ethnicities
- pp. 186-210
- Epilogue: Science Fictioning Race
- pp. 211-231
- Bibliography
- pp. 243-260
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253005137
Related ISBN(s)
9780253222596, 9780253355539
MARC Record
OCLC
707091257
Pages
286
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No