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Adilifu Nama’s Followers (9)
Adilifu Nama
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Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
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published
2011
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9 editions
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Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film
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2008
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6 editions
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The Superhero Reader
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published
2013
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9 editions
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Race on the QT: Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino
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2015
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3 editions
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I Wonder U: How Prince Went beyond Race and Back
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“Yet, in spite of the overt omission of black representation and racial issues in SF cinema, I have found that both are present in numerous SF films. Albeit implicit-as structured absence, repressed or symbolic-blackness and race are often present in SF films as narrative subtext or implicit allegorical subject.”
― Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film
― Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film
“At its best, SF cinema is an allegorical site that invites the audience to safely examine and reflect on long-standing social issues in an unfamiliar setting, providing the possibility of viewing them in a new light. At its worst, the process of allegorical displacement invites audiences to affirm racist ideas, confirm racial fears, and reinforce dubious generalizations about race and the place of African Americans in U.S. society without employing overt racial language or explicit imagery.”
― Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film
― Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film
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