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Breaking the World : Black Insecurity and the Horizons of Speculative Fiction.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mann, Justin L.
- Series:
- Black Feminism on the Edge Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminist criticism.
- Philosophy, Black.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Justin Mann analyzes the work of Octavia E. Butler, Colson Whitehead, Janelle Monáe, and other Black writers, musicians, and artists to show how their narratives and practices of speculation are vital tools to counter and break apart the antiblack world of the security state.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Getting Lost in the Dark
- 1. Assuring Survival
- 2. How's Your Security?
- 3. Hazardous Bodies
- 4. Secret Wars
- 5. Racial Tectonics
- Conclusion. The Stars Are Closer
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-4780-6201-0
- 9781478062011
- OCLC:
- 1573039601
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