Of Bodies, Communities, and Voices: Agency in Writings by Octavia Butler

Date

2015

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Universitätsverlag Winter

Abstract

Description

This study investigates the narrative contribution of texts by African American science fiction author Octavia Butler to ongoing philosophical debates about the conceptualization of agency. These debates have been central and highly controversial both within the context of postmodern de- and reconstructions of the subject and within the ongoing struggle of feminism, critical race studies, and other schools of thought for social justice.

Keywords

Communities , Octavia Butler , Science Fiction , African

Citation

Bast, Florian. Of Bodies, Communities, and Voices: Agency in Writings by Octavia Butler. Heidelberg, Germany: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2015.