Impossible stories : on the space and time of Black destructive creation /

Merging theory and praxis, Murillo engages with Gayl Jones's Corregidora, Octavia Butler's Kindred, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Kiese Laymon's Long Division, Dionne Brand's A Map to the Door of No Return and Paul Beatty's The Sellout to show how Afro-pessimism offers new w...

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Main Author:	Murillo, John, III (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2021].
Series:	New suns: race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative.
Subjects:	American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. Racism. African Americans > Race identity. African Americans > Intellectual life. Race relations in literature. Space and time in literature.

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Summary:	Merging theory and praxis, Murillo engages with Gayl Jones's Corregidora, Octavia Butler's Kindred, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Kiese Laymon's Long Division, Dionne Brand's A Map to the Door of No Return and Paul Beatty's The Sellout to show how Afro-pessimism offers new ways to think about anti-Black racism and practice Black creativity.
Physical Description:	viii, 205 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.
ISBN:	9780814214596 0814214592 9780814257777 0814257771