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Author Womack, Ytasha.

Title Afrofuturism : the world of black sci-fi and fantasy culture / Ytasha L. Womack.

Publication Info. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2013.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Evolution of a space cadet -- A human fairy tale named black -- Project imagination -- Mothership in the key of Mars -- The African cosmos for modern mermaids (mermen) -- Divine feminine in space -- Pen my future -- Moonwalkers in paint and pixels -- A clock for time travelers -- The surreal life -- Agent change -- Future world.
Summary Comprising elements of the avant-garde, science fiction, cutting-edge hip-hop, black comix, and graphic novels, Afrofuturism spans both underground and mainstream pop culture. With a twofold aim to entertain and enlighten, Afrofuturists strive to break down racial, ethnic, and all social limitations to empower and free individuals to be themselves. This book introduces readers to the burgeoning artists creating Afrofuturist works, the history of innovators in the past, and the wide range of subjects they explore. From the sci-fi literature of Samuel Delany, Octavia Butler, and NK Jemisin to the musical cosmos of Sun Ra, George Clinton, and the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, to the visual and multimedia artists inspired by African Dogon myths and Egyptian deities, topics range from the alien experience of blacks in America to the wake up cry that peppers sci-fi literature, sermons, and activism. Interviews with rappers, composers, musicians, singers, authors, comic illustrators, painters, and DJs, as well as Afrofuturist professors, provide a firsthand look at this fascinating movement.
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Subject Science fiction -- Social aspects.
Science fiction -- Social aspects.
Science fiction.
African Americans -- Race identity.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Science fiction films -- Influence.
Science fiction films.
Futurologists.
Futurologists.
African diaspora -- Social conditions.
African diaspora.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Womack, Ytasha. Afrofuturism. First edition 9781613747964 (DLC) 2013025755 (OCoLC)854285645
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