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News
The reviews are really starting to come in now!
Moya Bailey reviews Bodyminds Reimagined for Feminist Formations, writing that the book "offers a novel way to look at Black women science fiction writers and makes their work legible as literature that should be taken seriously not only because of the beautiful worldmaking in the texts but also because of the kinds of theoretical contributions that are only discernible through the intersectional theoretical framework applied by Schalk."
(muse.jhu.edu/article/705538/pdf)
Angela Rovak reviews the book for the journal Women’s Studies and writes that “Bodyminds Reimagined is not only a vital examination of disability within Black fiction, but also a methodological manual of sorts for scholars inspired to continue this intellectual project.” (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00497878.2018.1518622)
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Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction is the inaugural monograph from Dr. Sami Schalk. Schalk brilliantly weaves Black feminism and disability studies together by examining the profound speculative fiction of Black women writers. Through chapter-lo...Looking forward to my talk at UCLA tomorrow night. Here is a story their campus newspaper did covering the upcoming event: dailybruin.com/2018/10/15/professors-book-explores-intersectionality-of-ableism-race-through-fant...
Professor’s book explores intersectionality of ableism, race through fantasy
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Blind demons, demigod twins and werewolves with OCD are referenced in Sami Schalk's book about bodyminds.Bodymind, the concept of overlap of the body and mind and how they influence each…Today I am basking in the joy of having my book in the world. A few days ago a black feminist scholar I deeply admire wrote me saying Bodyminds Reimagined is the best book in black feminist theory she’s read in years. Today another person shared a picture of their copy of the book on Instagram. Here’s a collage of some of my favorite shots folks have shared with me of their copy of Bodyminds Reimagined out in the world. Keep ‘em coming, I love each and every one.
