Afrofuturism - The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture

Ytasha L. Womack

Chicago Review Press

2013

224 páginas

7h 28m

ISBN-10: 1613747969

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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O guia inicial para qualquer leitor que queira conhecer um pouco mais sobre o conceito do termo afrofuturismo e suas linguagens.