5. “Why do you look for the living among the dead?”: Locating the Future of Black Studies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Webs of Affiliation 1
4. 1. Flying Africans in Spaceships 23
5. 2. Trapping Entanglements 58
6. 3. Prophesying in Octavia Butler’s Parable Series 104
7. 4. Marching 142
8. 5. “Why do you look for the living among the dead?”: Locating the Future of Black Studies 168
9. Acknowledgments 179
10. Notes 181
11. Bibliography 205
12. Index 219
13. About the Author 231