{"title":"“Vine Head,” “Snake Lady,” “Swamp Witch”","authors":"Joshua Yu Burnett","doi":"10.14325/mississippi/9781496833815.003.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496833815.003.0011","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, Joshua Yu Burnett demonstrates that Okorafor simultaneously critiques speculative fiction for its one-dimensional depictions of race and works within the confines of the genre to advocate for fluid, multifaceted intersectionality. While popular young adult dystopian/science fiction novels frequently depict white girls and young women overcoming societal expectations and oppressions, such novels often ignore the role whiteness plays in the protagonist’s ability to resist. This chapter argues that Okorafor takes an intersectional approach, recognizing the role that racialization plays and the toll it takes, as well as locates racialized otherness as a source of resistance and the overcoming of constricting social norms. Okorafor’s work is valuable for precisely this reason: she not only depicts Black and African girls in speculative settings, but she transforms their double marginalization into resistance and empowerment.","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123879539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Black Girl Magic","authors":"Esther L. Jones","doi":"10.14325/mississippi/9781496833815.003.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496833815.003.0013","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, Esther L. Jones analyzes texts by Nnedi Okorafor and Tomi Adeyemi, arguing that these authors challenge and rewrite social scripts of mental health and disability, particularly as they relate to young black women. Through examining these issues, readers are encouraged to interrogate our own complicity within these cultural narratives.","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133535730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"(De)Stabilizing the Boundaries between “Us” and “Them”","authors":"Malin Alkestrand","doi":"10.14325/mississippi/9781496833815.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496833815.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, Malin Alkestrand analyzes Swedish author Mats Wahl’s Blodregnsserie (the Blood Rain series; 2014–2017) and Austrian author Ursula Poznanski’s Die Eleria Trilogie (the Eleria trilogy; Swedish translation 2014–2016), originally published in German between 2012 and 2014. The essay considers how the texts speak to racism and ethnocentrism in a contemporary Swedish context, using recent immigration history and tribalism in Sweden and Europe at large.","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131445867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enchanting the Masses:","authors":"J. Coste","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134223461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acknowledgments","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115343993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I’ve Connected with Them”:","authors":"Meghan Gilbert-Hickey","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125459491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fore-fronting Race and Law:","authors":"Z. Rix","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.17","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122765079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neoliberalism’s Erasure of Race in Young Adult Fiction:","authors":"S. Connors, R. Trites","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kbgs4m.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":238692,"journal":{"name":"Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction","volume":"170 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126210033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}