{"product_id":"the-postapocalyptic-black-female-imagination-paperback","title":"The Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaxine Lavon Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxine Lavon Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Florida State University, USA. Her recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Fictions of Gloria Naylor\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and, as editor, \u003ci\u003e Conversations with Edwidge Danticat\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46397641064583,"sku":"9781350248557","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/S8iNcHgQzz9781350248557.webp?v=1793558936","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-postapocalyptic-black-female-imagination-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}