{"product_id":"the-postapocalyptic-black-female-imagination-maxine-lavon-montgomery-9781350248557","title":"The Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eExploring 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxine Lavon Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135024855X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350248557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d","brand":"Maxine Lavon Montgomery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071403618559,"sku":"9781350248557","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da5546a8-011d-4aea-948c-6cd8133c38d6.jpg?v=1685435893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-postapocalyptic-black-female-imagination-maxine-lavon-montgomery-9781350248557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}