1st Edition
Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art The Black Female Fantastic
By Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton
Copyright 2023
166 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
166 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
166 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines Afrofuturism in African American art, focusing specifically on images of black women and how those images expand the discourse of representation in visual culture of the United States.
This volume defines a visual language of Afrofuturism that includes materiality, temporality, and black liberation. Elizabeth Hamilton discusses the visual progenitors of Afrofuturism. In the... Read more
Preface: An Origin Story; Introduction; 1. Harriet Tubman's (afro)Future; 2. Narratives of Fugivity: Black Feminist Futures in Art History; 3. Mammy as (anti)Heroine; 4. The Alchemy of Hair; Conclusion: The Black Female Fantastic
Biography
Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Culture and Communications at Fort Valley State University.
