Fictions of land and flesh : blackness, indigeneity, speculation / Mark Rifkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rifkin, Mark, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Relations with Indigenous peoples.

African Americans.

African Americans--Relations with Indians.

African Americans--Study and teaching.

Indians of North America--Study and teaching.

Indians of North America.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--African American authors.

American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.

American literature--Indian authors.

Speculative fiction, American--History and criticism.

Speculative fiction, American.

Politics and literature--United States--History.

Politics and literature.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

Race--Political aspects.

History.

Race.

United States.

Indians of North America--Colonization.

Race--Political aspects--United States--History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 323 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Mark Rifkin turns to black and indigenous speculative fiction to show how it offers a site to better understand black and indigenous political movements' differing orientations in ways that can foster forms of mutual engagement and cooperation without subsuming them into a single political framework in the name of solidarity.

Contents:

On the impasse

Fungible becoming

Carceral space and fugitive motion

The maroon matrix

Coda: Diplomacy in the undercommons.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rifkin, Mark, 1974- Fictions of land and flesh.

ISBN:

9781478004257

1478004258

9781478004837

1478004835

OCLC:

1056778479