∞ = Δ (God is Change): Deconstructing/Reconstructing Disability in Octavia Butler's Afro-Futurisms
| dc.contributor | Erevelles, Nirmala | |
| dc.contributor | Smith, Cassander | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Manora, Yolanda | |
| dc.contributor.author | Isaacs, Tyra | |
| dc.contributor.other | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-13T20:33:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2027-09-01 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is a piece in which the affordances of the Afro-futuristic genre grants disabled and minority identities the ability to be imagined anew. This is especially pertinent when considering that black disability is central to Butler’s novel, as evidenced by the protagonist’s disabled status. This protagonist, in creating “Earthseed,” a religious following in Post-Apocalyptic America, integrates the metaphysical qualities of her disability within the very framework of society itself. The infusion of disability awareness and social construction is mirrored in disability and crip discourses. Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is thus a novel that centers black women’s disability and highlights its potential for success within developing social build and progression. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.other | http://purl.lib.ua.edu/176871 | |
| dc.identifier.other | u0015_0000001_0003665 | |
| dc.identifier.other | Isaacs_alatus_0004M_14222 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/8370 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Alabama Libraries | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | born digital | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections | |
| dc.rights | All rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Afrofuturism | |
| dc.subject | Disability | |
| dc.title | ∞ = Δ (God is Change): Deconstructing/Reconstructing Disability in Octavia Butler's Afro-Futurisms | en_US |
| dc.type | thesis | |
| dc.type | text | |
| etdms.degree.department | University of Alabama. Department of English | |
| etdms.degree.discipline | English literature | |
| etdms.degree.grantor | The University of Alabama | |
| etdms.degree.level | master's | |
| etdms.degree.name | M.A. |
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