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In the completion of any enterprise, especially one involving the production of a book-length monograph, there are individuals who labor behind the scenes-invisible, silent, often unacknowledged-but without whose assistance the project would not have come to fruition. I would be remiss if I did not pay homage to those who played a key role in the research, writing, and revision of this book. First, I want to thank my research intern, Sabine Nemours, for her role in locating scholarly resources on Octavia E. Butler and for invigorating lunchtime conversations about Afro-futurist feminism, Black women's fiction and cultural production, and current social and political events. I learned from you as much as you gleaned knowledge from me. I also wish to acknowledge graduate scholars in my Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination seminar who not only shared my enthusiasm for Afro-futurism but also challenged me in ways that prompted me to refine my arguments early on. Through lively debate and robust conversation, these scholars helped to push the project's geographic and disciplinary boundaries beyond its initial construct. A one-semester sabbatical and summer research grant allowed foc

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Author

Maxine Lavon Montgomery

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350124509

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Fiction, History