LEADER 02569oam 22006014a 450 001 9910974638603321 005 20240513232532.0 010 $a9780253005137 010 $a0253005132 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061993 035 $a(EBL)670271 035 $a(OCoLC)707918264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11302761 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10434211 035 $a(PQKB)10408251 035 $a(OCoLC)707091257 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17075 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC670271 035 $a(Perlego)3172653 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061993 100 $a20100416d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRace in American Science Fiction /$fIsiah Lavender III 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780253222596 311 08$a0253222591 311 08$a9780253355539 311 08$a0253355532 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-260) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: mapping the Blackground -- Racing science fiction -- Meta-slavery -- Jim Crow extrapolations -- Ailments of race -- Ethnoscapes -- Technologically derived ethnicities -- Epilogue: science fictioning race. 330 $aNoting 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 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813/.0876209355 700 $aLavender$b Isiah$01809880 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974638603321 996 $aRace in American Science Fiction$94360896 997 $aUNINA