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Author: Lin Knutson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 0.345kg
ISBN: 9781666903102
ISBN 10: 1666903108
Pages: 110
Publication Date: 13 March 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction Novels, Knutson uses the theoretical work of Victor Turner on liminality and communitas to do a thorough reading of Octavia Butler's Patternist and Xenongenist series, and the novels Kindred and Fledgling, bringing a postcolonial lens to bear on Butler's themes of racism, estrangement, misogyny, and enslavement. Her chapter on Fledgling is particularly powerful, revealing that the vampire story indicts structural racism in the United States. I highly recommend Knutson's book for Octavia Butler fans, Afrofuturism aficionados, and readers interested in colonial and postcolonial themes in science fiction. Lin Knutson provides a compelling and textured exploration of the formation and rupture of community in 11 Octavia Butler novels. In accessible scholarly prose, Knutson reveals how the genre-bending African American novelist re-envisioned the possibilities of science fiction and transformed global literature for the better.
In Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction Novels, Knutson uses the theoretical work of Victor Turner on liminality and communitas to do a thorough reading of Octavia Butler's Patternist and Xenongenist series, and the novels Kindred and Fledgling, bringing a postcolonial lens to bear on Butler's themes of racism, estrangement, misogyny, and enslavement. Her chapter on Fledgling is particularly powerful, revealing that the vampire story indicts structural racism in the United States. I highly recommend Knutson's book for Octavia Butler fans, Afrofuturism aficionados, and readers interested in colonial and postcolonial themes in science fiction.--Jonathan Bishop Highfield, Rhode Island School of Design Lin Knutson provides a compelling and textured exploration of the formation and rupture of community in 11 Octavia Butler novels. In accessible scholarly prose, Knutson reveals how the genre-bending African American novelist re-envisioned the possibilities of science fiction and transformed global literature for the better.--Jon Parrish Peede, Former National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman
Author Information
Lin Knutson is associate professor at Mississippi Valley State University.
