Black Pulp: Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow

by Brooks E. Hefner

Book Overview

A deep dive into mid-century African American newspapers, exploring how Black pulp fiction reassembled genre formulas in the service of racial justice

In recent years, Jordan Peele's Get Out, Marvel's Black Panther, and HBO's Watchmen have been lauded for the innovative ways they repurpose genre conventions to criticize white supremacy, celebrate Black resistance, and imagine a more racially just world--important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517911575
• ISBN13: 9781517911577
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"