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Subject(s)

• American literature—African American authors—History and criticism [Browse]
• American literature—21st century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Gothic revival (Literature)—History and criticism—21st century [Browse]
• Black lives matter movement—Influence [Browse]

Series

• Cambridge elements. Elements in the Gothic [More in this series]
• Cambridge elements. Elements in the Gothic, 2634-8713 [More in this series]

Summary note

"This Element explores twenty-first century Black Gothic literature and film as it responds to American anti-Blackness and as they illustrate a mode of Black Gothic fiction termed Black Lives Matter (BLM) Gothic. The various texts express frustration, rage, and sorrow over the failures of previous civil rights fights. Intended as an introduction to a complex mode, this Element explores the three central themes in BLM Gothic texts and defines the mode's pattern of tropes. The first section reviews the depictions of American anti-Blackness, and defines the mode's pattern of tropes reveal the necropolitical mechanisms at play in US systemic racism. The second section explores the ways the fictions 'make whiteness strange' in order to destabilize white normativity and shatter the power arising from such claims. The final section examines the costs of waging war against racial oppression and the power of embracing 'monstrosity'".-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-74)

Contents

• Introduction: Say The(ir) Name(s)
• You Already Dead
• Making Whiteness Strange
• Becoming the Monster
• Conclusion: When Tomorrow Comes.

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ISBN

• 9781009571401 ((hardback))
• 1009571400 ((hardback))
• 9781009161015 ((paperback))
• 1009161016 ((paperback))

OCLC

1511502596

International Article Number

9781009571401

Other standard number

CIPO000164699

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