Who is Asking?: Afro-Arthurian Legend-making in N.K. Jemisin's Far Sector

IF 0.5 3区社会学 0 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES

Arthuriana Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1353/art.2023.a910872

D'arcee Charington Neal

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Abstract

Abstract: Whether an Arthurian knight, a Green Lantern, or a Legendborn, one cannot have a legacy without first becoming a legend. In N.K. Jemisin's graphic novel Far Sector (2020) Sojourner 'Jo' Muellein's story as both community activist and guardian echoes, reinvents, and reimagines Arthurian romances through the lens of Afrofuturism; further, this fantastical remix challenges white supremacist modes of oppressive comic tradition by foregrounding racial and gendered identities. Making a legend is not about whom society has agreed to be the answer. Instead, such ideals lie with whoever asks the question. (DCN)

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谁在问?:在朝鲜的非洲亚瑟王传说制作杰米辛的远区

摘要:无论是亚瑟王骑士、绿灯侠还是传奇人物，一个人不成为传奇就无法留下传奇。在N.K.杰米辛(N.K. Jemisin)的图画小说《遥远的领域》(Far Sector, 2020)中，旅居者“乔”·穆林(Jo Muellein)作为社区活动家和守护者的故事，通过非洲未来主义的视角，呼应、重塑和重新想象亚瑟王的浪漫故事;此外，这种奇幻的混合通过突出种族和性别身份，挑战了压迫性喜剧传统的白人至上主义模式。创造传奇并不在于社会认同谁是答案。相反，这样的理想存在于问问题的人身上。(宽带)

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