Afrofuturism rising : the literary prehistory of a movement. Isiah Lavender III

• Related Titles: Series: New Suns Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Speculative Susana M. Morris and Kinitra D. Brooks, series editors 2019 Columbus, Ohio The Ohio State University Press
• Author: Lavender, Isiah III [19..-...]
• Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : The Ohio State University Press, C 2019
  
• Subjects: Afrofuturisme;
  Science-fiction américaine -- 20e siècle;
  Littérature américaine -- Auteurs noirs américains -- 20e siècle;
  Afrofuturism;
  American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism;
  Science fiction -- Social aspects
• Includes: Bibliogrophie pages 197-215. Notes bibliographiques en bas de page. Index
  
• lds04: "Growing out of the music scene, afrofuturism has emerged as an important aesthetic through films such as Black Panther and Get Out. While the significance of these sonic and visual avenues for afrofuturism cannot be underestimated, literature remains fundamental to understanding its full dimensions. Isiah Lavender’s Afrofuturism Rising explores afrofuturism as a narrative practice that enables users to articulate the interconnection between science, technology, and race across centuries. By engaging with authors as diverse as Phillis Wheatley, David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Samuel R. Delany Jr., Pauline Hopkins, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright, Afrofuturism Rising extends existing scholarly conversations about who creates and what is created via science fiction. Through a trans-historical rereading of texts by these authors as science fiction, Lavender highlights the ways black experience in America has always been an experience of spatial and temporal dislocation akin to science fiction. Compelling and ambitious in scope, Afrofuturism Rising redefines both science fiction and literature as a whole."
  
• Language: English
  
• Creation Date: 2019
  
• Identifier: 978-0-8142-1413-8 ; 0-8142-1413-4 ; 978-0-8142-5556-8
  
• Format: 1 volume (XI-230 pages) : couverture illustrée en couleurs ; 23 cm