Past, Present, and Future: Reimagining Black Bodies and Spaces in Afrofuturistic and Comic Studies
Start Date
18-7-2022 10:00 AM
End Date
18-7-2022 11:00 AM
Description
Afrofuturism is a Black cultural aesthetic that is specifically borne from the oppression, visions, and art of Black people within the diaspora. It combines elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism and politics to critique what cultural critic, Greg Tate, views as the space that “Black people live [within] the estrangement that [white] science fiction writers imagine.” Although images of black people have become more abundant in the media within the last few years, few of those images are positive or empowering. Analyzing the multifaceted dimensions of Black comic book characters through an Afrofuturistic lens, this panel explores spaces of resistance as essential to the representation of black people’s lives. Using popular comic book characters and spaces, such as Storm, Wakanda and Black Panther, we will discuss the past, present and future of Black bodies within social spaces.
Past, Present, and Future: Reimagining Black Bodies and Spaces in Afrofuturistic and Comic Studies
Afrofuturism is a Black cultural aesthetic that is specifically borne from the oppression, visions, and art of Black people within the diaspora. It combines elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism and politics to critique what cultural critic, Greg Tate, views as the space that “Black people live [within] the estrangement that [white] science fiction writers imagine.” Although images of black people have become more abundant in the media within the last few years, few of those images are positive or empowering. Analyzing the multifaceted dimensions of Black comic book characters through an Afrofuturistic lens, this panel explores spaces of resistance as essential to the representation of black people’s lives. Using popular comic book characters and spaces, such as Storm, Wakanda and Black Panther, we will discuss the past, present and future of Black bodies within social spaces.
