03514nam 22006735 450 991052007230332120230810174246.09783030906535(electronic bk.)978303090652810.1007/978-3-030-90653-5(MiAaPQ)EBC6852171(Au-PeEL)EBL6852171(CKB)20667630900041(OCoLC)1293262542(DE-He213)978-3-030-90653-5(EXLCZ)992066763090004120220111d2021 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJanelle Monáe’s "Dirty Computer" /by Dan Hassler-Forest1st ed. 2021.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2021.1 online resource (108 pages)Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon,2662-8570Print version: Hassler-Forest, Dan Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030906528 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. “Young, Black, Wild and Free”: Janelle Monáe’s Afrofuturist Project -- 2. “Black Girl Magic, Y’All Can’t Stand It”: Black Feminism -- 3. “Everything is Sex, Except Sex, Which is Power”: Queerness and Sexual Identity -- 4. “This is Not My America”: The Dialectics of Racial Capitalism -- 5. “Sign Your Name on the Dotted Line”: SF Activism. This book offers an in-depth analysis of Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer, an Afrofuturist project that appeared simultaneously as a concept album and a visual album or “emotion picture” in spring 2018. In the previous decade, Janelle Monáe has developed into a global media personality who effortlessly unites speculative world-building with social and political activism. Across the intersecting album and film that together make up Dirty Computer, Monáe brings together the science-fictional themes that informed her previous work, resulting in a powerfully focused artistic and political statement. While the music on the album can be enjoyed as an accessible collection of pop tracks, the accompanying film, music videos, and media paratexts add layers of meaning that combine speculative world-building with anti-racist activism. This unique convergence of energies, ideas, and media platforms has made Dirty Computer a new classic of Afrofuturist science fiction.Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon,2662-8570Popular musicAfrican AmericansCultureMusicHistory and criticismPopular CulturePopular MusicAfrican American CultureContemporary MusicPopular CulturePopular music.African Americans.Culture.MusicHistory and criticism.Popular Culture.Popular Music.African American Culture.Contemporary Music.Popular Culture.305.896073782.42164092Hassler-Forest Dan1075167MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910520072303321Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer2584175UNINA