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3855414The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fictionhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-paradox-of-blackness-in-african-american-vampire-fiction-9780814276990/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3946938/ffc98a12-4906-4e73-9f0f-a5b124362106.jpg?v=638386117259400000417580MXNOhio State University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>One of the first books to examine representations of black vampires exclusively, <em>The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction</em> not only refutes the tacit assumption that there is a lack of quality African American vampire fiction worthy of study or reading but also proposes that the black vampires help to answer an important question: Is there more to being <em>black</em> than having a <em>black</em> body? As symbols of immortality, the black vampires in Jewelle Gomezs <em>The Gilda Stories,</em> Tananarive Dues <em>My Soul to Keep,</em> Brandon Masseys <em>Dark Corner,</em> Octavia Butlers <em>Fledgling</em>,and K. Murry Johnsons <em>Image of Emeralds and Chocolate</em> help to identify not only the notions of blackness that should be kept alive or resurrected in the African American community for the twenty-first century but also the notions of blackness that should die or remain dead.</p>...3791208The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction417580https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-paradox-of-blackness-in-african-american-vampire-fiction-9780814276990/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3946938/ffc98a12-4906-4e73-9f0f-a5b124362106.jpg?v=638386117259400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20199780814276990_W3siaWQiOiJjMDRiNDkwNi02YjRkLTQ3MjctOWQwNy00MmM5Zjk0ZDU5NmYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjU4MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE2Mywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo0MTcsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780814276990_<p>One of the first books to examine representations of black vampires exclusively, <em>The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction</em> not only refutes the tacit assumption that there is a lack of quality African American vampire fiction worthy of study or reading but also proposes that the black vampires help to answer an important question: Is there more to being <em>black</em> than having a <em>black</em> body? As symbols of immortality, the black vampires in Jewelle Gomezs <em>The Gilda Stories,</em> Tananarive Dues <em>My Soul to Keep,</em> Brandon Masseys <em>Dark Corner,</em> Octavia Butlers <em>Fledgling</em>,and K. Murry Johnsons <em>Image of Emeralds and Chocolate</em> help to identify not only the notions of blackness that should be kept alive or resurrected in the African American community for the twenty-first century but also the notions of blackness that should die or remain dead.</p>(*_*)9780814276990_<p>One of the first books to examine representations of black vampires exclusively, <em>The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction</em> not only refutes the tacit assumption that there is a lack of quality African American vampire fiction worthy of study or reading but also proposes that the black vampires help to answer an important question: Is there more to being <em>black</em> than having a <em>black</em> body? As symbols of immortality, the black vampires in Jewelle Gomezs <em>The Gilda Stories,</em> Tananarive Dues <em>My Soul to Keep,</em> Brandon Masseys <em>Dark Corner,</em> Octavia Butlers <em>Fledgling</em>,and K. Murry Johnsons <em>Image of Emeralds and Chocolate</em> help to identify not only the notions of blackness that should be kept alive or resurrected in the African American community for the twenty-first century but also the notions of blackness that should die or remain dead.</p>...9780814276990_Ohio State University Presslibro_electonico_ee717978-2577-368f-aa65-cafabd9a5e18_9780814276990;9780814276990_9780814276990Jerry RafikiInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-8a05f916-2901-4fb2-b826-e327ac9c6c48.epub2019-07-10T00:00:00+00:00Ohio State University Press