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UNINA9910974638603321 |
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Autore |
Lavender Isiah |
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Titolo |
Race in American Science Fiction / / Isiah Lavender III |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Race in literature |
Science fiction, American - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-260) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: mapping the Blackground -- Racing science fiction -- Meta-slavery -- Jim Crow extrapolations -- Ailments of race -- Ethnoscapes -- Technologically derived ethnicities -- Epilogue: science fictioning race. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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