Into Darkness Peering: Race and Color in the Fantastic - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0313300429 ISBN 13: 9780313300424

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 1997

Riassunto

Unlike many classic works of fiction, literature of the fantastic enjoys mass popularity. Because the fantastic is so much a part of popular culture, fantasy literature can represent or address the racial attitudes of its audience. Representations of race in the fantastic provide a measure of the concern the culture has for racial matters. If a work is racist, whether consciously or not, it may perpetuate racist attitudes unless it is carefully examined. At the same time, literature of the fantastic is able to present possible worlds rather than real ones. It is thus a literature of possibility, in which racial matters may be addressed and exposed, so that readers may become more conscious of the evils of racist attitudes. This volume explores the significance of race and color in the works of a wide range of authors, including Octavia Butler, Robert Heinlein, Stephen King, and Robert Silverberg.

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L'autore:

ELISABETH ANNE LEONARD received an M.F.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and is presently a doctoral candidate in English at Kent State University. She has articles forthcoming in CCC (May, 1997) and Extrapolation (1998).

Product Description:

As a literature which enjoys mass popularity, science fiction is in a position to address the racial attitudes of its audience and present possible worlds rather than real ones. This volume explores the significance of race and colour in the work of a range of authors.

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• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0313300429
• ISBN 13: 9780313300424
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 195
• Redattore: Leonard Elisabeth Anne