The dark fantastic : race and the imagination from Harry Potter to the hunger games
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New York : New York University Press, [2019].
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Published
New York : New York University Press, [2019].
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Book
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vii, 225 pages ; 25 cm
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English

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Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. This problem lies not only with children's publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world. When characters of color do appear, they are often marginalized or subjected to violence, reinforcing for audiences that not all lives matter. 0'The Dark Fantastic' is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA novelist, fanfiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st century: Bonnie Bennett from the CW's 'The Vampire Diaries', Rue from Suzanne Collins's 'The Hunger Games', Gwen from the BBC's 'Merlin', and Angelina Johnson from J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter'. Analyzing their narratives and audience reactions to them reveals how these characters mirror the violence against black and brown people in our own world. 0In response, Thomas uncovers and builds upon a tradition of fantasy and radical imagination in Black feminism and Afrofuturism to reveal new possibilities. Through fanfiction and other modes of counter-storytelling, young people of color have reinvisioned fantastic worlds that reflect their own experiences, their own lives. As Thomas powerfully asserts, "we dark girls deserve more, because we are more."

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Thomas, E. E. (2019). The dark fantastic: race and the imagination from Harry Potter to the hunger games . New York University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth, 1977-. 2019. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination From Harry Potter to the Hunger Games. New York University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth, 1977-. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination From Harry Potter to the Hunger Games New York University Press, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth. The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination From Harry Potter to the Hunger Games New York University Press, 2019.

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