Seuberth L (2023)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Book Volume: 3
Pages Range: 158 - 189
URI: https://journals.psu.edu/soar/article/view/62519
Open Access Link: https://journals.psu.edu/soar/article/view/62519
The possibilities the fantastical genre offers for commenting on the reverberations of the United States’ colonial heritage have been exploited extensively in contemporary narrative works. One example is Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad (2016), in which he employs Toni Morrison’s concept of the Africanist presence in the realm of the fantastic to show how the stereotypical image of a “Black other” still haunts the White American imagination. Situating Whitehead’s bestseller within the field of Critical Whiteness Studies, this article examines how the fantastical encounter with the “Black other” comments on the image’s persistence in American society and on its function to maintain White supremacy.
APA:
Seuberth, L. (2023). The Underground Railroad (2016) as Anti-White-Supremacist Fantasy. Society of Americanists Review, 3, 158 - 189.
MLA:
Seuberth, Lisa. "The Underground Railroad (2016) as Anti-White-Supremacist Fantasy." Society of Americanists Review 3 (2023): 158 - 189.
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