AfroSurrealism by Rochelle Spencer
Examining the surrealist novels of several contemporary writers, AfroSurrealism argues that we have entered a new and exciting era of the black novel, one that is more invested than ever before in the cross-sections of science, technology, history, folklore, and myth."Rochelle Spencer has written an engaging, thoughtful, and intellectual book, AfroSurrealism: The African Diaspora’s Surrealist FictionHer introduction provides an overview of a new movement in Surrealism, AfroSurrealism, which she describes along with other speculative fiction movements written by people of color. Further, she shows how these movements differ and offers specific strategies for resisting oppression... With grace, talent, and enthusiasm, Spencer has added a significant piece of work to the scholarship of literature for all." - Ethel Morgan Smith, Hollins University, USA
"In what must be considered a superb symphony of genealogy, cultural retrieval, and literary analysis, Rochelle Spencer’s Afro-Surrealism: The African Diaspora's Surrealist Fiction is a very important contribution to the growing literature on ‘the insistent reordering of reality’ that derives from surrealism, and which, specifically as an aspect of Black writing, is a clarion call to both critique and revolution." - Ato Quayson, Stanford University, USA
"With AfroSurrealism: The African Diaspora’s Surrealist Fiction, Rochelle Spencer has authored a timely critical intervention in a red-hot field. In deft language, she demonstrates how AfroSurrealism 'employs specific historical knowledge for the liberation of the individual and communities,' and in the process expertly disentangles the skeins of Afrofuturism, slipstream, Afropunk, and other related genres. Spencer’s virtuoso command of the literature ranges from Abiola to Žižek, but her trenchant analyses never lose sight of AfroSurrealism’s ultimate aim: to dare us to imagine a better world." - Jürgen E. Grandt, University of North Georgia, USA
Rochelle Spencer is co-editor of All About Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781032082370 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032082372 |
| Title | AfroSurrealism |
| Author | Rochelle Spencer |
| Series | The Cultural Politics Of Media And Popular Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 150 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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