The dark fantastic : race and the imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games / Ebony Elizabet...
The dark fantastic : race and the imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games / Ebony Elizabet...
The dark fantastic : race and the imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games / Ebony Elizabeth Thomas.
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Publisher
New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/5938
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 225 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: The dark fantastic : race and the imagination gap -- Toward a theory of the dark fantastic -- Lamentations of a Mockingjay : The hunger games' Rue and racial innocence in the dark fantastic -- A queen out of place : dark fantastic dreaming and the spacetime politics of Gwen in BBC's Me...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic the doors are often barred. This problem lies not only with children's publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world. When characters of co...
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The dark fantastic : race and the imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games / Ebony Elizabeth Thomas.
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Author / Creator
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General note
Postmillennial pop
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index
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Date Copyright
©2019
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G 2019/5938
Record Identifier
74VKawMb2kMg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKawMb2kMg
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ISBN
1479800651 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781479800650 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
813.8766093552
MMS ID
991024282006402626
