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Peer reviewedHampton, Gregory Jerome; Brooks, Wanda M. – English Journal, 2003
Notes that African American literature has always had science fiction elements in its focus on narratives of the alienated and marginalized "other." Contends that Octavia Butler and Virginia Hamilton are two African American writers of science fiction who examine the connections between the stories of a culture and the genre of science…
Descriptors: Alienation, Black Culture, Black Literature, Higher Education
