Indelible Race Memories and Subliminal Epigenetics in Octavia Butler’s Kindred

Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred highlights complexities beyond those related to a tale of time-travel and a painful slave narrative. It allows us to reimagine definitions of “race memory” and “trauma” along the lines of genetic ancestry that is explored through the real and numinous lives of Dana and Ke...

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Main Author: Dutta, Suchismita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest 2018-12-01
Series:Intersections
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Online Access:http://www.intersections-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5.-Dutta-article.pdf