Black speculative feminisms : memory and liberated futures in Black women's fiction / Cassandra L. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Cassandra L., author.

Series:

New suns: race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American fiction.

African American feminists.

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

Speculative fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

Speculative fiction.

Physical Description:

ix, 109 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Memory and liberated futures in Black women's fiction

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Examines how authors such as Octavia E. Butler, Tananarive Due, and Nnedi Okorafor use the tropes of science fiction and fantasy to examine the decolonization of time as a liberatory action, the danger to social movements in the re-creation of oppression, and the emotional cost and labor of social justice work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Black speculative feminisms and restorative fabulation

Memory as horror and healing in Tananarive Due's The good house and Nalo Hopkinson's The new moon's arms

Memory, decolonization, and alien invasion in Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon

Memory and time travel in Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Rasheedah Phillips's Telescoping effect: Part one

Memory and the reproduction of regime : Anyanwu as lieu de memoire in Octavia E. Butler's Patternist series

Conclusion: Next steps as we realize the world is on fire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814215401

0814215408

9780814259290

0814259294

OCLC:

1436905860