{"id":2276,"date":"2026-03-27T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/?page_id=2276"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:32:34","slug":"36-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/36-2\/","title":{"rendered":"36.3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vol36.3-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vol36.3-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vol36.3-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vol36.3-600-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.fantastic-arts.org\/jfa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Vol36.3-600-588x910.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cover image of Volume 36 Issue Number 3 of the <em>Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iaftfita.wildapricot.org\/JoinUs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/iaftfita.wildapricot.org\/JoinUs\">Become a Member of the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fiction4all.com\/ebooks\/b18923-journal-of-the-fantastic-in-the-arts.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fiction4all.com\/ebooks\/b18923-journal-of-the-fantastic-in-the-arts.htm\">Purchase from Favian Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>JFA 36.3 &#8211; Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFunhouse or Madhouse: Whimsy in Creativity\u201d: ICFA 45 Guests of honor C.E. 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Landis, Transcriber<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whimsy and Social Control in Northern Senegal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Woppa Diallo, Co-Distinguished Scholar, ICFA 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Translated by Alexis Brooks de Vita<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imaginary Amendments and Executive Orders: The <em>Noirum<\/em> and Race in United States Science Fiction&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Isiah Lavender III, Distinguished Scholar, ICFA 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whimsy &amp; Revolution: A Comparative Analysis of the Works of Marcos, Herzl and Young&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Mame Bougouma Diene, Co-Distinguished Scholar, ICFA 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biological Haunting: An Interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Adaptation, Genre, Eugenics, and Fungi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Interviewed by Taryne Jade Taylor and Karina A. 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