LI 425 - Afrofuturism

Credits: 4 credits

Studies the topic of Afrofuturism through an examination of speculative fiction by African American and African diaspora writers. Students study novels, short stories, interviews, films, critical theory, and visual art, analyzing the social and historical contexts for the literary works in question. Subjects include climate change, dystopia, apocalypse, queer utopias, posthumanism, and species hybridity.