3.4
Non-fictie
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.
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 twenty-first 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.
© 2019 Tantor Audio (Luisterboek): 9781541430709
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 15 oktober 2019
3.4
Non-fictie
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.
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 twenty-first 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.
© 2019 Tantor Audio (Luisterboek): 9781541430709
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 15 oktober 2019
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Roos
31 jan 2020
Misschien komt het omdat ik in Nederland woon? En/of omdat ik in een weinig discriminerende op basis van huidskleur omgeving woon? Maar ik snap niet zo goed waarom boeken waarin niet wordt omschreven welke huidskleur de personages hebben nu discriminerend zijn voor mensen met een donkere huidskleur? En dat dat de reden is dat mensen en kinderen met een donkere huidskleur minder boeken zouden lezen.? Is dat wel zo? Want daar lijkt het in de eerste 15 minuten van dit boek over te gaan. Ik heb overigens niet verder geluisterd dan 20 minuten.
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