Black female vampires in African American women's novels, 1977-2011 : she bites back /

This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire within literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. It invites readers to take a closer look at the black female vampire figure and how that figure shapes and is shaped by cultural narratives about...

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Main Author: Parker, Kendra R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]
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505 0 |a Introduction: the first bite -- "I'm not the vampire he is; I give in return for my taking": the black female vampire figure in Octavia E. Butler's Mind of my mind -- Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda stories: black female vampire as a new American monomyth -- Intersectional disempowerment and know-your-place aggression: a vindication of the rights of Anita Hill in Octavia E. Butler's Fledgling? -- "She's not turning. she's in flux": the ability/disability system in l.A. Banks's The bitten -- Rehabilitative logic: sex work, procreation, and vampires in Pearl Cleage's Just wanna testify -- Afterword: the final bite. 
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