Speculative Whiteness

Science Fiction and the Alt-Right

Jordan S. Carroll

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Minnesota Humanities Comm
01 December 2024

Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Science fiction; Fantasy; Media

Series: Forerunners: Ideas First

Reveals the alt-right's project to claim science fiction and

by extension

the future.

Fascists such as Richard Spencer interpret science fiction films and literature as saying only white men have the imagination required to invent a high-tech future. Other white nationalists envision racist utopias filled with Aryan supermen and all-white space colonies. Speculative Whiteness traces these ideas through the entangled histories of science fiction culture and white supremacist politics, showing that debates about representation in science fiction films and literature are struggles over who has the right to imagine and inhabit the future. Although fascists insist that tomorrow belongs to them, they have always been and will continue to be contested by antifascist fans willing to fight for the future.

By: Jordan S. Carroll
Imprint: Minnesota Humanities Comm
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 113g
ISBN: 9781517917081
ISBN 10: 1517917085
Series: Forerunners: Ideas First
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jordan S. Carroll is author of Reading the Obscene: Transgressive Editors and the Class Politics of US Literature, which won the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars.

Reviews for Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right

""Carroll reminds us that our future is contingent. Fascists have a vision for the future that excludes most of humanity, but fascists can be defeated. The future is for everyone--if we make it that way.""--Los Angeles Review of Books