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Afrofuturism: a standalone construct

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Afrofuturism1 CONSTRUCTAfrofuturismDERY · CULTURAL STUDIES

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Cultural studies

speculative fiction and culture that treat African American themes and concerns through technoculture and imagined futures.

In cultural studies, Afrofuturism refers to speculative fiction and culture that treat African American themes and concerns through technoculture and imagined futures. This meaning comes from Dery (1994) in Flame Wars.[1]

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  1. Dery, M. (1994). Black to the Future. In Flame Wars (pp. 179-222). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822396765-010

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