Afrofuturism
English
Etymology
Afro- + futurism, attributed to cultural critic Mark Dery.
Noun
Afrofuturism (uncountable)
- An Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism.
- 2019, Eddie Chambers, The Routledge Companion to African American Art History, Routledge, →ISBN:
- Post-Blackness and Afrofuturism are related in that the latter offers a method of problematizing the idea that a progressive way ahead involves the dissolution of race and erasure of racial performativity.
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Related terms
- Afrofuturist
- Afrofuturistic
See also
- Afropunk
- techno-orientalism
- Africanfuturism
Further reading
Afrofuturism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia