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Afrofuturism 2.0 : the rise of astro-blackness
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This collection examines the applicability of contemporary expressions of Afrofuturism to the fields of Africana studies, cultural studies, and other areas of academic inquiry. The essays within th...
This collection examines the applicability of contemporary expressions of Afrofuturism to the fields of Africana studies, cultural studies, and other areas of academic inquiry. The essays within this book identify the twenty-first-century expressions of Afrofuturism emerging in the areas of metaphysics such as speculative philosophy, religion, visual studies, performance, art, and the philosophy of science and technology.
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- Creator
- edited by Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of the Roman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 222 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781498510509, 1498510507, 9781498510516
- OCLC
- ocn932003493
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- Part I: Quantum Visions of Futuristic Blackness -- 1. Cyborg Grammar? -- 2. Afrofuturism on Web 3.0 -- 3. The Real Ghosts in the Machine -- Part II: Planetary Vibes, Digital Ciphers, and Hip Hop Sonic Remix -- 4. The Armageddon Effect -- 5. Afrofuturism's Musical Princess Janelle Monáe -- 6. Hip Hop Holograms -- Part III: Forecasting Dark Bodies, Africology, and the Narrative Imagination -- 7. Afrofuturism and Our Old Ship of Zion -- 8. Playing a Minority Forecaster in Search of Afrofuturism -- 9. Rewriting the Narrative -- 10. Africana Women's Science Fiction and Narrative Medicine --11. To Be African Is to Merge Technology and Magic -- Index
Subjects
- Black people in popular culture -- History -- 21st century.
- African Americans in popular culture -- History -- 21st century.
- Black people -- Race identity -- 21st century.
- African Americans -- Race identity -- 21st century.
- Afrocentrism -- History -- 21st century.
- Future, The, in popular culture.
- Technology in popular culture.
- Science fiction -- Social aspects.
- Civilization, Western -- African influences.