Böcker av Heather Duerre Humann

In recent decades, science fiction in both print and visual media has produced an outpouring of story lines that feature forms of simulated reality. In combination with tech-driven tensions, this study shows that our collective sense of living in politically uncertain times propels the popularity of these story lines.

A figure from ancient folklore, the doppelganger continues to reemerge in literature, television and film. The modern-day doppelganger (""double-goer"" in German) is typically depicted in a traditional form adapted to reflect present-day social anxieties. Focusing on a broad range of narratives, this volume explores 21st century representations in novels, TV shows and movies.

Since the middle of the last century, views on gender norms have shifted dramatically. This examination of 20th and 21st century crime novels reveals what these narratives say about gender identity and gender expression and how they contributed to the evolution of detective fiction.

The literary tradition begun by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930s has since flourished and taken new directions with a diverse body of fiction by more contemporary African-American women writers. This book examines the treatment of domestic violence in Hurston''s Their Eyes Were Watching God , Gayl Jones''s Corregidora, Gloria Naylor''s The Women of Brewster Place and Linden Hills, Alice Walker''s The Color Purple, Toni Morrison''s The Bluest Bye and Love, Terry McMillan''s Mama and A Day Late and a Dollar Short, and Octavia Butler''s Seed to Harvest. These novels have given voice to oppressed and abused women. The aims of this work are threefold: to examine how female African American novelists portray domestic abuse; to outline how literary depictions of domestic violence are responsive to cultural and historical forces; and to explore the literary tradition of novels that deal with domestic abuse within the African American community.