TY  - BOOK
AU  - Womack,Ytasha
TI  - Afrofuturism: the world of black sci-fi and fantasy culture 
SN  - 9781613747964 (pbk.) :
AV  - PN3433.5 .W66 2013
U1  - 809.38762093529 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Chicago Review Press
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Race identity
KW  - Science fiction films
KW  - Influence
KW  - Futurologists
KW  - African diaspora
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Literature
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Literature: history & criticism
KW  - thema
KW  - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Media studies
KW  - Ethnic studies
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - Fantasy
KW  - Relating to African American people
N1  - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index
N2  - 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; 2014 Locus Awards Finalist, Nonfiction Category In this hip, accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism, author Ytasha Womack introduces readers to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works, the innovators from the past, and the wide range of subjects they explore. From the sci-fi literature of Samuel Delany, Octavia Butler, and N. K. 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, the books topics range from the alien experience of blacks in America to the wake up cry that peppers sci-fi literature, sermons, and activism. With a twofold aim to entertain and enlighten, Afrofuturists strive to break down racial, ethnic, and social limitations to empower and free individuals to be themselves
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