Check out my
new book!
The title is : Horror as Racism in H. P. Lovecraft:
White Fragility in the Weird Tales. The
release date is January 11, 2024.
In this book, I provide a new perspective on
Lovecraft's life and work, focusing on the overlap between the writer's
personal beliefs and the racist images and narratives in his speculative
fiction.
Building on recent debates about Lovecraft and drawing
on the concept of "white fragility," I argue that the writer's fiction reflects his
feelings of resentment and anger towards non-white persons and was used to
advocate for his racist, xenophobic political beliefs – that western
civilization was in decline and slavery was justifiable among
"superior" civilizations. In making these claims, Lovecraft's tales
pit humans against extra-terrestrial aliens, developing a terrifying,
futuristic vision of the Earth as a plantation planet.
The book can be pre-ordered now in bookstores across
the world and on Amazon, Google, Bloomsbury and other online sites.
JLS
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