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New suns : race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative
New suns: race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative. ^A1384940
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| Contents |
PART I FOUNDATIONS --tRace in Science Fiction -- Black Religious Thought and Afrofuturism -- PART II INTERSECTIONS -- 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 -- PART III AFROFUTURISTIC THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS -- 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. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-172) and index. |
| LCCN | 2021016237 |
| ISBN | 9780814214794 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0814214797 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780814258064 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0814258069 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| Standard identifier# |
40030803914 |
