{"product_id":"9781350124509","title":"Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePostapocalyptic Black Female Imagination\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaxine Lavon Montgomery\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring postapocalypticism in the Black literary and cultural tradition, this book\u003cbr\u003eextends the scholarly conversation on Afro-futurist canon formation through an\u003cbr\u003eexamination of futuristic imaginaries in representative twentieth and twenty-first\u003cbr\u003ecentury works of literature and expressive culture by Black women in an African\u003cbr\u003ediasporic setting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author demonstrates the implications of Afro-futurist literary criticism for Black\u003cbr\u003eAtlantic literary and critical theory, investigating issues of hybridity, transcending\u003cbr\u003eboundaries, temporality and historical recuperation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering writers including Octavia Butler, Edwidge Danticat, Nalo Hopkinson, Toni\u003cbr\u003eMorrison, Jesmyn Ward and Beyoncé, this book examines the ways Black women\u003cbr\u003eartists attempt to recover a raced and gendered heritage, and how they explore an\u003cbr\u003eevolving social order that is both connected to and distinct from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 July 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350124509\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333000560780,"sku":"9781350124509","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_19659bcf-1db7-4aeb-9627-a62481085346.jpg?v=1783608155","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350124509","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}