ISBN:
978-0-8142-1479-4
,
978-0-8142-5806-4
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xiv, 180 Seiten ;
,
24 cm.
Serie:
New suns : race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
700.452996073
Schlagwort(e):
Afrofuturism
;
African Americans / Religion
;
Religious thought
;
Science fiction
Kurzfassung:
"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"--
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
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
