{"product_id":"speculative-blackness-andr-m-carrington-9780816678969","title":"Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpeculative Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e, Andr  M. Carrington analyzes the highly racialized genre of speculative fiction--including science fiction, fantasy, and utopian works, along with their fan cultures--to illustrate the relationship between genre conventions in media and the meanings ascribed to blackness in the popular imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrington's argument about authorship, fandom, and race in a genre that has been both marginalized and celebrated offers a black perspective on iconic works of science fiction. He examines the career of actor Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed the character Uhura in the original \u003ci\u003eStar Trek \u003c\/i\u003etelevision series and later became a recruiter for NASA, and the spin-off series \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Deep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e, set on a space station commanded by a black captain. He recovers a pivotal but overlooked moment in 1950s science fiction fandom in which readers and writers of fanzines confronted issues of race by dealing with a fictitious black fan writer and questioning the relevance of race to his ostensible contributions to the 'zines. Carrington mines the productions of Marvel comics and the black-owned comics publisher Milestone Media, particularly the representations of black sexuality in its flagship title, \u003ci\u003eIcon\u003c\/i\u003e. He also interrogates online fan fiction about black British women in \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e and the Harry Potter series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout this nuanced analysis, Carrington theorizes the relationship between race and genre in cultural production, revealing new understandings of the significance of blackness in twentieth-century American literature and culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André M. Carrington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816678960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816678969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016","brand":"André M. Carrington","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926489039103,"sku":"9780816678969","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fdf13c99-dc16-4a2f-aef7-b027da0d2c5b.jpg?v=1681083355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speculative-blackness-andr-m-carrington-9780816678969","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}