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Correlation between Afrofuturism and science fiction in Space is the Place: praxis or paradox?
| Resumo: | In this paper, I use the culture studies approach to investigate how themes such as the space age, psychedelia and the creation of a post-apocalyptic black colony in the film Space is the Place (Coney 1972), interweave with Darko Suvin's (1974) concept of cognitive estrangement and novum. I specifically study how these relate to science fiction, with the goal of subverting the stereotype of blackness as uncivilised and Luddite. I propose to critically review the general categorization of the film as Afrofuturist and argue that what is positioned in the film as a novelty and salvation is, in fact, constructed in a problematic way. As such, positioning the film just as Afrofuturist, as demonstrated, may contradict the genre’s goals. Instead, I follow David Seed’s proposal to use an interdisciplinary reading method for film analysis based on deconstructing the relation of the film within the two framings: Science fiction and Afrofuturism. |
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| Autores principais: | Fofie, Gloria Adjeiwaa |
| Assunto: | Afrofuturism Apocalypse Psychedelic Science fiction (sci-fi/sf) Space Age Technology |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
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| Instituição associada: | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Diffractions |
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| dc.source.none.fl_str_mv | Diffractions; No. 6 (2023): Images in Movement; 43-70 Diffractions; N.º 6 (2023): Images in Movement; 43-70 2183-2188 10.34632/diffractions.2023.n06 |
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| description | In this paper, I use the culture studies approach to investigate how themes such as the space age, psychedelia and the creation of a post-apocalyptic black colony in the film Space is the Place (Coney 1972), interweave with Darko Suvin's (1974) concept of cognitive estrangement and novum. I specifically study how these relate to science fiction, with the goal of subverting the stereotype of blackness as uncivilised and Luddite. I propose to critically review the general categorization of the film as Afrofuturist and argue that what is positioned in the film as a novelty and salvation is, in fact, constructed in a problematic way. As such, positioning the film just as Afrofuturist, as demonstrated, may contradict the genre’s goals. Instead, I follow David Seed’s proposal to use an interdisciplinary reading method for film analysis based on deconstructing the relation of the film within the two framings: Science fiction and Afrofuturism. |
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| spelling | en-USCorrelation between Afrofuturism and science fiction in Space is the Place: praxis or paradox?Fofie, Gloria AdjeiwaaAfrofuturismApocalypsePsychedelicScience fiction (sci-fi/sf)Space AgeTechnologyCopyright (c) 2023 Gloria Adjeiwaa Fofiehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2https://doi.org/10.34632/diffractions.2023.11473DOIhttps://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/diffractions/article/view/11473URLHasVersionhttps://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/diffractions/article/view/11473/12700URLHasVersionhttps://doi.org/10.34632/diffractions.2023.11473DOI2023-06-29en-USIn this paper, I use the culture studies approach to investigate how themes such as the space age, psychedelia and the creation of a post-apocalyptic black colony in the film Space is the Place (Coney 1972), interweave with Darko Suvin's (1974) concept of cognitive estrangement and novum. I specifically study how these relate to science fiction, with the goal of subverting the stereotype of blackness as uncivilised and Luddite. I propose to critically review the general categorization of the film as Afrofuturist and argue that what is positioned in the film as a novelty and salvation is, in fact, constructed in a problematic way. As such, positioning the film just as Afrofuturist, as demonstrated, may contradict the genre’s goals. Instead, I follow David Seed’s proposal to use an interdisciplinary reading method for film analysis based on deconstructing the relation of the film within the two framings: Science fiction and Afrofuturism.Universidade Católica Portuguesaapplication/pdfen-USDiffractions; No. 6 (2023): Images in Movement; 43-70pt-PTDiffractions; N.º 6 (2023): Images in Movement; 43-702183-218810.34632/diffractions.2023.n06engjournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501literatureVoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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