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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300850603321

Autore

Steinskog Erik

Titolo

Afrofuturism and Black Sound Studies : Culture, Technology, and Things to Come / / by Erik Steinskog

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319660417

3319660411

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 241 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Sound, , 2633-5883

Disciplina

780.06

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Music

African Americans

Culture

Literature and technology

Mass media and literature

Science and Technology Studies

African American Culture

Literature and Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction: Afrofuturism and Black Sound Studies -- Chapter 2. Blackness, Technology, and the Changing Same -- Chapter 3. Space and Time -- Chapter 4. Vibrations, Rhythm and Cosmology -- Chapter 5. Interstellar Space, Outer Space, and Inner Space -- Chapter 6. The Sounds of the Future -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book interrogates the meeting point between Afrofuturism and Black Sound Studies. Whereas Afrofuturism is often understood primarily in relation to science fiction and speculative fiction, it can also be examined from a sonic perspective.  The sounds of Afrofuturism are deeply embedded in the speculative - demonstrated in mythmaking - in frameworks for songs and compositions, in the personas of the artists, and in how the sounds are produced. In highlighting the place of music within the lived experiences of African Americans, the author



analyses how the perspectives of Black Sound Studies complement and overlap with the discussion of sonic Afrofuturism. Focusing upon blackness, technology, and sound, this unique text offers key insights in how music partakes in imagining and constructing the future.  This innovative volume will appeal to students and scholars of sound studies, musicology and African American studies.