Janelle Mon疇's Queer Afrofuturism: Defying Every Label (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781978826694)

Singer. Dancer. Movie star. Activist. Queer icon. Afrofuturist. Working class heroine. Time traveler. Prophet. Feminist. Android. Dirty Computer.

Janelle Mon疇 is all these things and more, making her one of the most fascinating artists to emerge in the twenty-first century. This provocative new study explores how Mon疇's work has connected different media platforms to strengthen and enhance new movements in art, theory, and politics. It considers not only Mon疇's groundbreaking albums The ArchAndroid, The Electric Lady, and Dirty Computer, but also Mon疇's work as an actress in such films as Hidden Figures and Antebellum, as well as her soundtrack appearances in socially-engaged projects ranging from I May Destroy You to Us. Examining Mon疇 as a cultural icon whose work is profoundly intersectional, this book maps how she is actively reshaping discourses around race, gender, sexuality, and capitalism. Tracing Mon疇's performances of joy, desire, pain, and hope across a wide range of media forms, it shows how she imagines Afrofuturist, posthumanist, and postcapitalist utopias, while remaining grounded in the realities of being a Black woman in a white-dominated industry. This is an exciting introduction to an audacious innovator whose work offers us fresh ways to talk about identity, desire, and power.

Author: Dan Hassler-Forest
ISBN-10: 1978826699
ISBN-13: 9781978826694
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2022
Pages: 186
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.70d