Afrofuturism: Black Speculative and Science Fiction
- Autumn 2015
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ENGL/AFRAM318A
Afrofuturism: Black Speculative and Science Fiction
In the last two decades we have been witness to a remarkable increase in fantasy, speculative and science fiction writers by black writers in North America, the Caribbean, Europe and on the African continent. This interest has been paralleled by a surge of new work by black artists in music, the visual arts as well as criticism/theory that has begun to coalesce into the cultural/artistic/musical “movement” called Afrofuturism. This class is an introduction to the various shapes that this work comes in, particularly here in the United States. It is also an exploration of the various historical contexts, themes and tendencies in this work as well as its cultural impact and political ramifications.