Westport, CT Greenwood 1997 1st Edition Hardcover (Original Cloth) Very Good Condition Marginalia on endpapers. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0313300429. ISBN/EAN: 9780313300424. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22738.

Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Greenwood Pub Group, Date: 1997 hardback book in good to very good condition,unclipped dust jacket is very good,stated-[first published in England in November,1963 second impression December 1963]top page edges have foxing. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 1997. Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Greenwood Pub Group ISBN 0313300429 9780313300424 [US]

Praeger, Date: 1997-07-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1997. Praeger ISBN 0313300429 9780313300424 [US]

ISBN10: 0313300429, ISBN13: 9780313300424, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Unlike many classic works of fiction, literature of the fantastic enjoys mass popularity. Because the fantastic is so much a part of popular culture, fantasy literature can represent or address the racial attitudes of its audience. Representations of race in the fantastic provide a measure of the concern the culture has for racial matters. If a work is racist, whether consciously or not, it may perpetuate racist attitudes unless it is carefully examined. At the same time, literature of the fantastic is able to present possible worlds rather than real ones. It is thus a literature of possibility, in which racial matters may be addressed and exposed, so that readers may become more conscious of the evils of racist attitudes. This volume explores the significance of race and color in the works of a wide range of authors, including Octavia Butler, Robert Heinlein, Stephen King, and Robert Silverberg.This volume explores the significance of race and color in the works of a wide range of authors, including Octavia Butler, Joseph Conrad, Ursula Le Guin, Robert Heinlein, Stephen King, and Robert Silverberg. The chapters are written by expert contributors who approach their topics as both products of a particular cultural moment and as imagined alternatives. While most of the works examined are science fiction, the book also looks ...
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