- Description
- v, 175 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In just over a decade, Janelle Monáe has become a formidable figure in global media culture. Her Afrofuturist concept albums and "emotion pictures" established Monáe as an ambitious innovator who draws on science fiction to rewire our understanding of race and gender. As an actor, her performances have explored these same vectors across other media, while her music provides the soundtrack for socially engaged media productions, from Us to David Byrne's American Utopia. Monáe's increasingly central presence in the global media landscape makes her an ideal figure to investigate the dynamics between media, race, and gender. By interweaving its analysis of Monáe's own music and screen performances with other works that extend these vectors, Power Up! The Transmedia Afrofuturism of Janelle Monáe gives an innovative, accessible, and inspiring account of the transformative role popular media can play in our understanding of race, gender, sexuality, and capitalism"--
- Series Statement
- Global media and race
- Uniform Title
- Global media and race.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-168) and index.
- Contents
- Vector 1. Afrofuturism -- Vector 2. Black Feminism -- Vector 3. Intersectionality -- Vector 4. Posthumanism -- Vector 5. Postcapitalism.
- ISBN
- 9781978826687
- 1978826680
- 9781978826694
- 1978826699
- 9781978826700 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781978826717 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781978826724 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021039240
- OCLC
- YBP 2021039240
- Author
Hassler-Forest, Dan, author.
- Title
Janelle Monáe's queer afrofuturism : defying every label / Dan Hassler-Forest.
- Publisher
New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
- Copyright Date
©2022
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Global media and race
Global media and race.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-168) and index.