{"product_id":"the-paradox-of-blackness-in-african-american-vampire-fiction-9780814255346","title":"The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction","description":"One of the first books to examine representations of black vampires exclusively, \u003ci\u003eThe Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction \u003c\/i\u003enot only refutes the tacit assumption that there is a lack of quality African American vampire fiction worthy of study or reading but also proposes that the black vampires help to answer an important question: Is there more to being \u003ci\u003eblack\u003c\/i\u003e than having a \u003ci\u003eblack\u003c\/i\u003e body? As symbols of immortality, the black vampires in Jewelle Gomez's \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e Tananarive Due's \u003ci\u003eMy Soul to Keep, \u003c\/i\u003e Brandon Massey's \u003ci\u003eDark Corner, \u003c\/i\u003e Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eFledgling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand K. Murry Johnson's \u003ci\u003eImage of Emeralds and Chocolate\u003c\/i\u003e help to identify not only the notions of blackness that should be kept alive or resurrected in the African American community for the twenty-first century but also the notions of blackness that should die or remain dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6695304\"\u003eJerry Rafiki Jenkins\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814255346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814255345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004040\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004260\"\u003eScience Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT021000\"\u003eHorror \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJerry Rafiki Jenkins is Professor of English and Multicultural Studies at Palomar College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44566330507501,"sku":"9780814255346","price":54.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9644c147-f1b8-45bb-b59e-eb936c01d88f.jpg?v=1701877584","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-paradox-of-blackness-in-african-american-vampire-fiction-9780814255346","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}