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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lin KnutsonPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.345kg ISBN: 9781666903102ISBN 10: 1666903108 Pages: 110 Publication Date: 15 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIn Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction Novels, Knutson uses the theoretical work of Victor Turner on liminality and communitas to do a thorough reading of Octavia Butler's Patternist and Xenongenist series, and the novels Kindred and Fledgling, bringing a postcolonial lens to bear on Butler's themes of racism, estrangement, misogyny, and enslavement. Her chapter on Fledgling is particularly powerful, revealing that the vampire story indicts structural racism in the United States. I highly recommend Knutson's book for Octavia Butler fans, Afrofuturism aficionados, and readers interested in colonial and postcolonial themes in science fiction.--Jonathan Bishop Highfield, Rhode Island School of Design Lin Knutson provides a compelling and textured exploration of the formation and rupture of community in 11 Octavia Butler novels. In accessible scholarly prose, Knutson reveals how the genre-bending African American novelist re-envisioned the possibilities of science fiction and transformed global literature for the better.--Jon Parrish Peede, Former National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman In Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction Novels, Knutson uses the theoretical work of Victor Turner on liminality and communitas to do a thorough reading of Octavia Butler's Patternist and Xenongenist series, and the novels Kindred and Fledgling, bringing a postcolonial lens to bear on Butler's themes of racism, estrangement, misogyny, and enslavement. Her chapter on Fledgling is particularly powerful, revealing that the vampire story indicts structural racism in the United States. I highly recommend Knutson's book for Octavia Butler fans, Afrofuturism aficionados, and readers interested in colonial and postcolonial themes in science fiction. Lin Knutson provides a compelling and textured exploration of the formation and rupture of community in 11 Octavia Butler novels. In accessible scholarly prose, Knutson reveals how the genre-bending African American novelist re-envisioned the possibilities of science fiction and transformed global literature for the better. Author InformationLin Knutson is associate professor at Mississippi Valley State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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