Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Strait, Kevin Michael Angelo
2. Conwill, Kinshasha
3. Young, Kevin, 1970-
4. Anderson, Reynaldo, 1964-
5. Barber, Tiffany E.
6. Boyd, Herb, 1938-
7. Curtis, Ariana
8. Ewing, Eve L.
9. Fleming, Tuliza K.
10. Hendryx, Nona
11. Jemisin, N. K.
12. Jennings, John, 1970-
13. Lewis, Steven
14. Neal, Mark Anthony
15. Nelson, Alondra
16. Nichols, De
17. Nichols, Elaine
18. Pretzer, William S.
19. Reid, Vernon
20. Shindell, Matthew
21. Tate, Angela
22. Wilkinson, Michelle
23. Womack, Ytasha
24. Wormsley, Alisha B.
25. National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), issuing body.

Description

1. 216 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

1. "This illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures"--

Alternative title

1. History of Black futures
2. Afro futurism

Subject

1. National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) > Catalogs
2. National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
3. 2000-2099
4. Afrofuturism > Exhibitions
5. Afrofuturism
6. Fantastic, The
7. African American arts > 21st century > Exhibitions
8. African American arts
9. Black people in art
10. Black people in popular culture > United States
11. Black people in popular culture
12. United States

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.
2. Catalogs.

Contents

1. Foreword / Kevin Young -- Introduction / Kevin M. Strait -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Afterword / Alondra Nelson.

Call number

1. Sc F 23-273

Note

1. 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.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.

Title

1. 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.

Publisher

1. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2023]

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local subject

1. Black author.

Chronological term

1. 2000-2099

Added author

1. Strait, Kevin Michael Angelo, editor.
2. Conwill, Kinshasha, editor.
3. Young, Kevin, 1970- writer of foreword.
4. Strait, Kevin Michael Angelo, writer of introduction.
5. Anderson, Reynaldo, 1964- writer of supplementary textual content.
6. Barber, Tiffany E., writer of supplementary textual content.
7. Boyd, Herb, 1938- writero of supplementary textual content.
8. Curtis, Ariana, writer of supplementary textual content.
9. Ewing, Eve L., writer of supplementary textual content.
10. Fleming, Tuliza K., writer of supplementary textual content.
11. Hendryx, Nona, writer of supplementary textual content.
12. Jemisin, N. K., writer of supplementary textual content.
13. Jennings, John, 1970- writer of supplementary textual content.
14. Lewis, Steven, writer of supplementary textual content.
15. Neal, Mark Anthony, writer of supplementary textual content.
16. Nelson, Alondra, writer of afterword.
17. Nichols, De, writer of supplementary textual content.
18. Nichols, Elaine, writer of supplementary textual content.
19. Pretzer, William S., writer of supplementary textual content.
20. Reid, Vernon, interviewee.
21. Shindell, Matthew, writer of supplementary textual content.
22. Tate, Angela, writer of supplementary textual content.
23. Wilkinson, Michelle, writer of supplementary textual content.
24. Womack, Ytasha, writer of supplementary textual content.
25. Wormsley, Alisha B., writer of supplementary textual content.
26. National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), issuing body.

LCCN

1. 2022058854

ISBN

1. 9781588347404 (hardcover)
2. 1588347400 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. Sc F 23-273