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This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire within literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. It invites readers to take a closer look at the black female vampire figure and how that figure shapes and is shaped by cultural narratives about African American womanhood.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: The First Bite
1. "I'm not the vampire he is; I give in return for my taking." The Black Female Vampire Figure
in Octavia E. Butler's Mind of My Mind
2. Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories: Black Female Vampire as a New American Monomyth
3. Intersectional Disempowerment and Know-Your-Place Aggression: A Vindication of the Rights of Anita Hill in Octavia E. Butler's Fledgling?
4. "She's not turning. She's in flux": The Ability/Disability System in L.A. Banks's The Bitten
5. Rehabilitative Logic: Sex Work, Procreation, and Vampires in Pearl Cleage's Just Wanna Testify
Afterword: The Final Bite
Bibliography
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Kendra R. Parker is assistant professor of English and affiliate faculty in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Hope College.
Zusammenfassung
This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire within literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. It invites readers to take a closer look at the black female vampire figure and how that figure shapes and is shaped by cultural narratives about African American womanhood.
