Aftermaths of the African Diaspora: The Apocalyptic Post-Apocalypse in Octavia Butler's Kindred and Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring

Octavia Butlers Kindred and Nalo Hopkinsons Brown Girl in the Ring are African diasporic texts that trouble the boundaries of nation, home, time, and genre, as they are traditionally defined. This thesis argues that Butler and Hopkinson accomplish such a troubling through the use of post-apocalyptic...

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Main Author: Averin, Rosalee Coleen
Other Authors: Ifeoma Nwankwo
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-06282013-100304/