| Afrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement Contributor(s): Lavender III, Isiah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814255566 ISBN-13: 9780814255568 Publisher: Ohio State University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy - Literary Criticism | Horror & Supernatural |
| Dewey: 810.808 |
| Series: New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |