ISBN:
978-0-8142-1479-4
,
978-0-8142-5806-4
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 180 Seiten ;
,
24 cm.
Series Statement:
New suns : race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
700.452996073
Keywords:
Afrofuturism
;
African Americans / Religion
;
Religious thought
;
Science fiction
Abstract:
"Analyzes the interplay of Black religious thought with science fiction to illuminate Afrofuturism as an important channel for Black religion and spirituality, drawing from Octavia Butler's Parable books, Janelle Monáe's Afrofuturistic saga, Star Trek's Captain Benjamin Sisko, Marvel's Black Panther, and Sun Ra and the Nation of Islam"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Race in science fiction -- Black religious thought and Afrofuturism -- Octavia Butler as architect of intersectional Afrofuturism -- "It's code": Janelle Monáe, the ArchAndroid, and queer Afrofuturistic salvation -- Walking in the path of the prophets: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Far Beyond the Stars," and Black Prophetic Visions -- "Wakanda Forever!": Black Panther, the Divine Feminine, and the subversion of toxic masculinity in the western Superhero Monomyth -- Space is the place: Sun Ra, the Nation of Islam, Afrofuturism, eschatology, and utopia -- "Who am I? Who are you?": Afrofuturism and Black religious identity -- Conclusion: "The shape of things to come": future directions in the intersection of Afrofuturism and Black religious thought
