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The Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination - by Maxine Lavon Montgomery (Paperback)
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- Exploring postapocalypticism in the Black literary and cultural tradition, this book extends the scholarly conversation on Afro-futurist canon formation through an examination of futuristic imaginaries in representative twentieth and twenty-first century works of literature and expressive culture by Black women in an African diasporic setting.
- About the Author: Maxine Lavon Montgomery is Professor of English at Florida State University, USA.
- 192 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
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Exploring postapocalypticism in the Black literary and cultural tradition, this book extends the scholarly conversation on Afro-futurist canon formation through an examination of futuristic imaginaries in representative twentieth and twenty-first century works of literature and expressive culture by Black women in an African diasporic setting.
The author demonstrates the implications of Afro-futurist literary criticism for Black Atlantic literary and critical theory, investigating issues of hybridity, transcending boundaries, temporality and historical recuperation. Covering writers including Octavia Butler, Edwidge Danticat, Nalo Hopkinson, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward and Beyoncé, this book examines the ways Black women artists attempt to recover a raced and gendered heritage, and how they explore an evolving social order that is both connected to and distinct from the past.About the Author
Maxine Lavon Montgomery is Professor of English at Florida State University, USA. Her recent publications include The Fictions of Gloria Naylor (2011) and, as editor, Conversations with Edwidge Danticat (2017)Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Theme: African American
Format: Paperback
Author: Maxine Lavon Montgomery
Language: English
Street Date: January 26, 2023
TCIN: 94297695
UPC: 9781350248557
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-4919
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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