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Black Masculinity in Comic Books: An Interview with Jonathan Gayles

March 29, 2017April 1, 2017 Julian Chambliss #comicsandrace, comic books

This month, I interviewed Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Learning at Georgia

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How “Black” Is Your Science Fiction?

February 7, 2017February 9, 2017 I. Augustus Durham #comicsandrace, comic books

Depending on the context of its usage, the Spanish term género is definable as “gender” or “genre.” This conflation suggests

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Racebending and Representation in Comic Books

February 6, 2017February 8, 2017 Bryan Cooper Owens #comicsandrace, comic books

This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

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Race, Class, and Television: A First Look at Brazil’s Dystopic Drama 3%

January 18, 2017January 20, 2017 Greg Childs Afro-Brazilians, Afrofuturism, Brazil

3% is Netflix’s latest original series ordered up from Latin America, and the first from Brazil. Set in a dystopic

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Gentrifying Luke Cage: The Racial Failure of Nostalgia

January 15, 2017January 18, 2017 Joshua Plencner #comicsandrace, comic books, Luke Cage

This guest post is part of our new blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and

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