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Afrofuturism and black sound studies : culture, technology, and things to come / Erik Steinskog.

9783319660417 (electronic book)
3319660411 (electronic book)
3319660403
9783319660400

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2018.

English

1 online resource (viii, 241 pages).

10.1007/978-3-319-66041-7 doi

PN3433.5 .S74 2018eb

809.3/8762093529

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.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

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Palgrace studies in sound.

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