In the black fantastic
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2022].
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Published
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2022].
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303 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English

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Pubished on the occasion of the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, June 29 - September 18, 2022.
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography, discography and index.
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In the Black Fantastic' assembles art and imagery from across the African diaspora that embraces ideas of the mythic and the speculative. It brings to life the forces that shape Afrofuturism - the cultural movement that conjures otherworldly visions out of the everyday of Black experience - and beyond, looking at how speculative fictions in Black art and culture are boldly reimagining perspectives on race, gender, identity and the body in the 21st century. Standing apart from Western narratives of progress and modernity - based as they are on the historical subjugation of people of colour - the book explores how Black artists are drawing inspiration from African-originated myth, knowledge systems and spiritual practices to confound the Western dichotomy between the real and unreal, the natural and the supernatural. With 250 illustrations spanning the spheres of photography, painting, sculpture, cinema, literature and architecture, this book reaches across time, space and art form, drawing together everything from works by leading visual artists such as Kara Walker, Chris Ofili and Lina Iris Viktor to groundbreaking films like Black Panther and Get Out and the radical politics of pan-Africanism.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Eshun, E. (2022). In the black fantastic . MIT Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eshun, Ekow. 2022. In the Black Fantastic. MIT Press.

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Eshun, Ekow. In the Black Fantastic MIT Press, 2022.

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Eshun, Ekow. In the Black Fantastic MIT Press, 2022.

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