Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism: Toward Afrocentric Futurism - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1496847849 ISBN 13 : 9781496847843

Editeur : University Press of Mississippi, 2023

Synopsis

Contributions by Taharka Adé, Molefi Kete Asante, Alonge O. Clarkson, John P. Craig, Ifetayo M. Flannery, Kofi Kubatanna, Lehasa Moloi, M. Ndiika Mutere, and Aaron X. Smith

In the twenty-first century, AfroFuturism—a historical and philosophical concept of the future imagined through a Black cultural lens—has been interpreted through a myriad of writers, artists, scientists, and other visionary creatives. In Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism: Toward Afrocentric Futurism, editor Aaron X. Smith curates a collection of interdisciplinary essays that critiques existing scholarship on Black futurity. In contrast to much previous work, these essays ground their explorations in African agency, centering the African within historical and cultural reality. Situating Afrocentricity as the field’s foundational root and springboard for an expansive future, contributors detail potential new modes of existence and expression for African people throughout the diaspora.

Divided into two parts—Representations and Transformations—this book examines the tensions created by historical and cultural dislocation of African peoples and consciousness. Contributors cover varied topics such as the intersections of culture and design; techno culture; neuroscience; and the multiplicity of African cultural influences in aesthetics, oratory, visual art, hip hop, and more. Essays range from theoretical analyses to close readings of history and popular culture, from the Haitian Revolution to Sun Ra, Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer, and Black Panther. Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism offers an expansive vision of AfroFuturism and its ranging significance to contemporary culture and discourse.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Molefi Kete Asante is professor and chair of the Department of Africology at Temple University. He is author of Radical Insurgencies, Revolutionary Pedagogy, and The History of Africa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Mississippi
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1496847849
• ISBN 13: 9781496847843
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Éditeur: Smith Aaron X.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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