Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xvii, 95 pages; 24 cm

Subject

1. Technology in popular culture
2. African Americans in popular culture > History > 21st century
3. Technology > Social aspects
4. Slavery > Social aspects
5. Technology in popular culture > History and criticism
6. Slavery in art
7. Androids in art
8. Robots in art > History
9. Androids > Social aspects
10. Science fiction television programs
11. Fugitive slaves
12. Black author

Contents

1. Introduction : Reading the writing on the wall -- Racing robots and making slaves : how the past informs the future -- Proslavery thought and the black robot : selling household appliances to Southern belles -- The true cult of humanhood : displacing repressed sexuality onto mechanical bodies -- The tragic mulatto and the android : imitations of life in literature and on the silver screen -- AI (artificial identity) : the new negro -- From Fritz Lang to Janelle Monae : black robots singing and dancing -- Conclusion : When the revolution comes.

Call number

1. Sc E 18-996

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Hampton, Gregory Jerome, 1968-2019, author.

Title

1. Imagining slaves and robots in literature, film, and popular culture : reinventing yesterday's slave with tomorrow's robot / Gregory Jerome Hampton.

Publisher

1. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local subject

1. Black author.

LCCN

1. 2015027860

ISBN

1. 9780739191453 (cloth ; alk. paper)
2. 0739191454 (cloth ; alk. paper)
3. 9781498527583 (paperback)
4. 1498527582 (paperback)

Research call number

1. Sc E 18-996