Black Space : : Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film / / Adilifu Nama.

Science fiction film offers its viewers many pleasures, not least of which is the possibility of imagining other worlds in which very different forms of society exist. Not surprisingly, however, these alternative worlds often become spaces in which filmmakers and film audiences can explore issues of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2008
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (212 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Structured Absence and Token Presence
  • Chapter 2. Bad Blood: Fear of Racial Contamination
  • Chapter 3. The Black Body: Figures of Distortion
  • Chapter 4. Humans Unite! Race, Class, and Postindustrial Aliens
  • Chapter 5. White Narratives, Black Allegories
  • Chapter 6. Subverting the Genre: The Mothership Connection
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index