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Afrofuturism : a history of Black futures / edited by Kevin M. Strait, Kinshasha Holman Conwill ; foreword by Kevin Young ; contributions by Reynaldo Anderson [and 20 others] ; in association with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afrofuturism.
- Fantastic, The.
- African American arts.
- Black people in art.
- Black people in popular culture--United States.
- Black people in popular culture.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 216 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- History of Black futures
- Afro futurism
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2023]
- Summary:
- "This illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Space is the place: Afrofuturism as Space and Being / Ytasha L. Womack
- Interstellar / Tiffany E. Barber
- Black Women Change the Face of Spaceflight / Matthew Shindell
- I Came to Africa on a Spaceship / Ytasha L. Womack
- Notes from the Cosmic Underground: A History of the Afrofuturist Movement and the Changing World Order / Reynaldo Anderson
- 2. Speculative World: We Are the Stars: Black Speculative Narratives and the History of the Future / John Jennings
- W.E.B. Du Bois: Documenting the Present, Reinterpreting the Past, and Imagining the Future / William S. Pretzer
- There's a Reason / N. K. Jemisin
- Dialogues in Space: Octavia Butler and Samuel Delany / Herb Boyd
- Black Panther: An Escape to Utopia / Herb Boyd
- Black Joy as Resistance / Ariana Curtis
- 3. Visualizing Afrofuturism: Dreams Rush to Meet Me: Afrofuturist Looks and Looking / Eve L. Ewing
- Transforming the Future through Dress, Fashion, and Costume / Elaine Nichols
- Afrofuturistic Art / Tuliza Fleming
- Rendering Black Futures / Michelle Joan Wilkinson
- On the Third Great Day: Black Artistry, Activism, and Community in the web3 Future / De Nichols
- 4. Musical-Futures: Just Look Over Your Shoulder: The Music of Afrofuturism / Mark Anthony Neal
- The Nubians of Plutonia: Ancient Futures in the Music of Sun Ra / Steven Lewis
- Afrofuturism: A Design for Living / Nona Hendryx
- The Gendered Contours of Afrofuturism / Angela Tate
- Sonic Spaces: Excerpts from an Interview with Vernon Reid.
- Notes:
- Published as a companion volume to the exhibition of the same name at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, from March 24, 2023 to March 24, 2024. -- From museum's website.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781588347404
- 1588347400
- OCLC:
- 1333920149
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