To what uses, according to Young, has the figure of
Frankenstein's creature been put in political discourse?
493:
Explain: "With its plot of boomerang violence, Frankenstein
is the embodiment of blowback" (493).
494:
Why, according to Young, is the figure of Frankenstein's
monster useful for "voicing dissent against elites whose
policies are seen as misguided in intention and disastrous in
effect" (494)?
Explain: "Combining different elements of the Frankenstein
story, these writers do not so much replace older versions
with newer ones as reanimate elements in place since the early
nineteenth century" (494).
496:
How did Frederick Douglass and Dick Gregory employ the
Frankenstein figure?
What three distinct elements does Young identify in
American adaptations of the Frankenstein story?
497:
Describe the importance, according to Young, of the
different colors used to depict the Creature in different
portrayals of the story.
What four kinds of antiracist critique does Young identify
in Black Frankenstein stories?
"Black Frankenstein at the Bicentennial" (2018)
Who is Nat Turner? What connections does Young identify
between is story and the Creature's?
Explain the significance of the two Frankenstein
films by James Whale (1931 and 1935) to Young's
argument.
Other Discussion Questions: 492:
Explain: "You can teach a new metaphor new tricks" (492).
495:
What is "the wisdom of repugnance" and how does it employ
the figure of Frankenstein's monster, according to Young?
496:
Why has Young chosen to begin her discussion with
references to "left-wing discussion of U. S. foreign policy"
(496)?
"Black Frankenstein at the Bicentennial"
Explain the significance of Blackenstein to Young's
argument.
Explain the significance of the artists Kerry James
Marshall and Glenn Ligon to Young's argument.
What is Afrofuturism?
Explain the significance of Nnedi Okorafor to
Young's argument.
Explain the significance of Victor LaValle to
Young's argument.
