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Medicine and ethics in Black women’s speculative fiction

By Jones , Esther L.

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
9781137514691, 1137514698
DOI
10.1057/9781137514691
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1193544 bytes)
Series
Palgrave studies in literature science and medicine.
Edition
First edition.
Pages
190\199
Time added
2017-05-30 18:43:18
AmericanAmerican -- History and criticism;LITERARY CRITICIAmerican fiction -- African American authors -- HiBlackin literature;Medicine in literature;Ethics in lit

Description

Speculative fiction often shows the complicated and rather fraught history of medicine as it relates to black women. Through prominent writers like Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor, and Nalo Hopkinson, Jones highlights how personal experiences of illness and disease frequently reflect larger societal sicknesses in connection to race and gender.

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