Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction

Description

Andre 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. Speculative Blackness reveals new understandings of the significance of blackness in twentieth-century American literature and culture.

Andre M. Carrington is assistant professor of English at Drexel University.

"Andre M. Carrington takes readers on a voyage that beautifully maps gendered and sexualized articulations of Blackness across different speculative genres and media... Speculative Blackness is a wonderful book that makes indispensable contributions to Black studies, literary studies, studies science fiction fan fiction and fandom, and Afrofuturism."-Alexander G. Weheliye, Northwestern University "An excellent exploration of blackness in sci-fi."-PopMatters "This is required reading for those interested in popular culture's role in constructing social identity."-CHOICE "Speculative Blackness convincingly persuades that speculative fiction is an ideal space to explore the boundaries of blackness, and to consider new ways of thinking about the way blackness as a category is constructed and produced."-Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society "Speculative Blackness makes an important contribution to ongoing conversations (both in the academy and in fan culture) about race and science fiction."-African American Review "A telling and thoughtful contribution to discussions of blackness in science fiction, fantasy, utopia, and horror important to cultural production across a variety of media, including fandom, television, film, comics, and literature."-Science Fiction Studies "This book is an intriguing examination of and hopeful outlook on the history of blackness and science fiction and a highly recommended read for scholars in film and race relations."-Film Matters