{"product_id":"the-paradox-of-blackness-in-jerry-rafiki-jenkins-9780814214015","title":"The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction","description":"One of the first books to examine representations of black vampires exclusively, \u003ci\u003eThe Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction \u003c\/i\u003enot only refutes the tacit assumption that there is a lack of quality African American vampire fiction worthy of study or reading but also proposes that the black vampires help to answer an important question: Is there more to being \u003ci\u003eblack\u003c\/i\u003e than having a \u003ci\u003eblack\u003c\/i\u003e body? As symbols of immortality, the black vampires in Jewelle Gomez's \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e Tananarive Due's \u003ci\u003eMy Soul to Keep, \u003c\/i\u003e Brandon Massey's \u003ci\u003eDark Corner, \u003c\/i\u003e Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eFledgling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand K. Murry Johnson's \u003ci\u003eImage of Emeralds and Chocolate\u003c\/i\u003e help to identify not only the notions of blackness that should be kept alive or resurrected in the African American community for the twenty-first century but also the notions of blackness that should die or remain dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Rafiki Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814214010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814214015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Jerry Rafiki Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46617861751039,"sku":"9780814214015","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea1f5480-8ba7-4311-af00-984081be7e1d.jpg?v=1740068532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-paradox-of-blackness-in-jerry-rafiki-jenkins-9780814214015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}