Changing Bodies in the Fiction of Octavia Butler: Slaves, Aliens, and Vampires

By Gregory Jerome Hampton

Book Overview

Changing Bodies in the Fiction of Octavia Butler is the first monograph of literary criticism invested in examining the complete body of fiction produced by Octavia Butler. This book interrogates Butler's feminist/postmodern/black woman's science fiction from an interdisciplinary perspective while maintaining its capacity to translate/extrapolate some of the most esoteric theories in modern thought.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739193031
• ISBN13: 9780739193037
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"