{"product_id":"aerial-archives-of-race-african-american-cultural-expressions-and-the-black-nuclear-pacific-volume-3-hardcover","title":"Aerial Archives of Race: African American Cultural Expressions and the Black Nuclear Pacific Volume 3 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEtsuko Taketani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Opening new perspectives in transpacific studies, Etsuko Taketani examines the genealogy and contours of the aerial imaginary and the corollary shifting planetary imaginary that evolved in a transnational space she names the \"Black nuclear Pacific.\" Following the first dropping of an atom bomb on humans and the subsequent military occupation of Japan by the United States, Black-Japanese encounters happened on a scale unimaginable before World War II. Analyzing texts by a diverse range of artists, writers, and political thinkers who had formative interactions with occupied Japan--including the NAACP's Walter White, lawyer Edith Sampson, Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, and Malcolm X--Taketani uncovers African American cultural expressions that include a quasi-alien abduction narrative, the literary creation of a new tribe in the image of a rainbow, a Black futuristic apocalypse, and a racial fantasy of the Mother Plane. \u003ci\u003eAerial Archives of Race\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the Black networks and exchanges with Japan that provoked new ways of thinking about (human) races on planet Earth.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a triumph of transnational research, Etsuko Taketani delivers a deeply satisfying account of how aerial mapping inspired artists as varied as Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, Josephine Baker, and Theodor Seuss Geisel.--Judith Pascoe, author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Bullet Train with Emily Bront? \"Wuthering Heights\" in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With her expert analysis of Malcolm X, NAACP leaders, Langston Hughes, and Lorraine Hansberry--among others--combined with her adroit interrogation of visuality, Etsuko Taketani has elevated scholarship in diverse fields, particularly African American Studies and the field in which she has pioneered: the Black Pacific.\"--Gerald Horne, author of \u003ci\u003eFacing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Etsuko Taketani's aerial worlds are a constant surprise. Mapping the space she calls the \u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003elack\u003c\/i\u003e nuclear Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e, Taketani develops a highly specific account of planetary imaginaries at a time of shifting state power. The result is a thrilling panorama of historical detail and speculative insight.\"--Kate Marshall, author of \u003ci\u003eNovels by Aliens: Weird Tales and the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtsuko Taketani\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of American Literature at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45436875767910,"sku":"9780520425200","price":184.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/EEW_GS8eL-9780520425200.webp?v=1775861407","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/aerial-archives-of-race-african-american-cultural-expressions-and-the-black-nuclear-pacific-volume-3-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}