Breaking the World: Black Insecurity and the Horizons of Speculative Fiction - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Justin L. MannSeries:Black Feminism on the EdgePublish date:3/17/2026Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478033264ISBN-10:1478033266UPC:9781478033264Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Privacy & SurveillanceBook Topic:African American & Black, AmericanSize:8.80 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC4VEAXAS9
Breaking the World: Black Insecurity and the Horizons of Speculative Fiction
In Breaking the World, Justin L. Mann argues that Black speculative fictions are an essential but overlooked archive for understanding the modern security ambitions of the United States. Foregrounding how the contemporary security state renders Black life insecure, Mann theorizes worldbreaking: speculative narrative, aesthetic, and ethical strategies that Black writers, musicians, and artists...
Series: Black Feminism on the Edge
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478033264ISBN-10:1478033266UPC:9781478033264Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Privacy & SurveillanceBook Topic:African American & Black, AmericanSize:8.80 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC4VEAXAS9
Justin L. Mann is Assistant Professor of English and Black Studies at Northwestern University.
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