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Fetishizing Hybridity: Mixed-Race Portrayals in Sci-fi and Fantasy Texts as Narratives of Intimate Privilege

Panel: 
Ethics of Racial Identity
Abstract: 

Using a discourse analysis of Sci-Fi/Fantasy texts, this paper problematizes how mixed-race hybridity is figured, portrayed and fetishized in these narratives, viewing this recurring trope as ambivalent and fraught, caught between increased mixed-race representation and a reification of “intimate privilege”.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Nathan
Last Name: 
Rambukkana
Institution: 
York University