Evidence of things not seen : fantastical Blackness in genre fictions
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022].
Physical Desc
xiv, 228 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Prescott College - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
PS374 .B635 F74 2022
1 available
PS374 .B635 F74 2022
1 available
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Published
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-220) and index.
Description
"Evidence of Things Not Seen: Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions is an interdisciplinary study of blackness in genre literature of the Americas. The "fantastical" in fantastical blackness is conceived by an unrestrained imagination because it lives, despite every attempt at annihilation. This blackness amazes because it refuses the limits of anti-blackness. As put to work in this project, fantastical blackness is an ethical praxis that centers black self-knowledge as a point of departure rather than as a reaction to threatening or diminishing dominant narratives. Mystery, romance, fantasy, mixed-genre, and science fictions' unrestrained imaginings profoundly communicate this quality of blackness, specifically here through the work of Barbara Neely, Colson Whitehead, Nalo Hopkinson, and Colin Channer. When black writers center this expressive quality, they make fantastical blackness available to a broad audience that then uses its imaginable vocabularies to reshape extra-literary realities. Ultimately, popular genres' imaginable possibilities offer strategies through which the made up can be made real"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Frederick, R. D. (2022). Evidence of things not seen: fantastical Blackness in genre fictions . Rutgers University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frederick, Rhonda D., 1965-. 2022. Evidence of Things Not Seen: Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions. Rutgers University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frederick, Rhonda D., 1965-. Evidence of Things Not Seen: Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions Rutgers University Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Frederick, Rhonda D. Evidence of Things Not Seen: Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions Rutgers University Press, 2022.
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