Speculative blackness : the future of race in science fiction /
Andre M. Carrington.
- 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the whiteness of science fiction and the speculative fiction of blackness -- Josh Brandon's blues: inventing the black fan -- Space race woman: Lieutenant Uhura beyond the bridge -- The immortal storm: permutations of race in Marvel comics -- Controversy and crossover in milestone media's icon -- The golden ghetto and the glittering parentheses: the once and future Benjamin Sisko -- Dreaming in color: racial revisions in fan fiction -- Coda.
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism. Science fiction, American--History and criticism. Race in literature. African Americans in mass media. African Americans in popular culture.