| Abstract | Examines the novel 'Kindred,' by Octavia Butler as a kind of memory machine that uses science fiction devices to re-present African-American women's histories. Praises for Butler's depiction of future worlds where technologies mediate race and gender; Impact of Butler's primary allegiance to science fiction on her historical fiction; Re-presentation of historical memory to acknowledgement the impact of slavery on entire families and networks of kin.
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