Race in American Science Fiction

Noting that science fiction is characterized by an investment in the proliferation of racial difference, Isiah Lavender III argues that racial alterity is fundamental to the genre's narrative strategy. Race in American Science Fiction offers a systematic classification of ways that race appears and how it is silenced in science fiction, while developing a critical vocabulary designed to focus attention on often-overlooked racial implications. These focused readings of science fiction contextualize race within the genre's better-known master narratives and agendas. Authors discussed include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and Ursula K. Le Guin, among many others.

Author: Isiah Lavender
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 02/08/2011
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.21w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780253222596

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2010 pg. 76
Choice 12/01/2011

About the Author

Isiah Lavender III is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Central Arkansas.