Research Catalog

Title

The future of black : Afrofuturism, black comics, and superhero poetry / edited by Len Lawson, Cynthia Manick, and Gary Jackson.

Publication

• Durham, NC : Blair, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Manick, Cynthia
• Jackson, Gary (Poet)
• Lawson, Len

Description

xxi, 234 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 cm

Summary

"A collection of more than 60 artists, writers, and poets imagining distant and not-so-distant future landscapes, reclaiming our histories, remixing established heroes and icons while creating new ones, and illustrating the everyday disasters and miracles of what it means to be Black today, tomorrow, and yesterday."--Page 4 of cover.

Subject

• Poetry > Black authors
• American poetry > African American authors
• African American superheroes > Poetry
• Superheroes, Black > Poetry
• Afrofuturism > Poetry
• Black people in popular culture > Poetry
• African Americans in popular culture > Poetry
• Poetry > Collections
• African American superheroes
• Afrofuturism
• Superheroes, Black

Genre/Form

Poetry.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234).

Contents

Man of steel -- More superheroes -- Black superheroes -- Black antiheroes -- Black pop culture -- Black history -- Video games & fantasy -- New origins -- New faith constructs -- Black women narratives -- Afrofuturism & speculative poetry.

Call Number

Sc E 22-1603

ISBN

• 9781949467673
• 1949467678

OCLC

1252413352

Title

The future of black : Afrofuturism, black comics, and superhero poetry / edited by Len Lawson, Cynthia Manick, and Gary Jackson.

Publisher

Durham, NC : Blair, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234).

Added Author

Manick, Cynthia, editor.

Jackson, Gary (Poet), editor.

Lawson, Len, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 22-1603