Literary Afrofuturism in the twenty-first century
Title:
Literary Afrofuturism in the twenty-first century
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Isiah Lavender III and Lisa Yaszek.
Publication Information:
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780814214459
9780814255964
Abstract:
"Explores the cultural valence of Afrofuturism. It examines works by a wide range of authors, including Phyllis Wheatley, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia E. Butler, and N.K. Jemisin"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:
Part one: Afrofuturism now. Author roundtable on Afrofuturism / Isiah Lavender III and Lisa Yaszek -- Dangerous muses : black women writers creating at the forefront of Afrofuturism / Sheree R. Thomas -- Part two: Afrofuturism in literary history. This time for Africa! Afrofuturism as alternate (American) history / De Witt Douglas Kilgore -- Middle age, mer people, and the Middle Passage: Nalo Hopkinson's Afrofuturist journeying in The new moon's arms / Gina Wisker -- Young adult Afrofuturism / Rebecca Holden -- Part three: Afrofuturism in cultural history. Space/race : recovering John M. Faucette / Mark Bould -- Runoff : Afroaquanauts in landscapes of sacrifice / Elizabeth A. Wheeler -- Black futures matter : Afrofuturism and geontology in N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy / Lisa Dowdall -- Part four: Afrofuturism and Africa. We are terror itself : Wakanda as nation / Gerry Canavan -- Global Afrofuturist ecologies / Jerome Winter -- "You can't go home again" : Deji Bryce Olukotun's Nigerians in space, science fiction, and global interdependence / Marleen S. Barr -- Faster than before : science fiction in Amos Tutuola's The palm-wine drinkard / Nedine Moonsamy -- Coda : Wokeness and Afrofuturism / Isiah Lavender III and Lisa Yaszek.