Descrizione
Blacknology explores the complex ties between black literature, culture, technology, and identity over the past forty years. This period has been marked by rapid technological change – drum machines, mobile phones, the Internet, and AI – and we connect this technology with theories on race and progress from the last two centuries.
The book examines case studies from British and American contexts, considering how cultural figures such as Sun Ra, Alvin Toffler, Octavia E. Butler, Gil Scott-Heron, Benjamin Zephaniah, the “Belleville Three”, Nnedi Okorafor, David Blandy, and Larry Achiampong engage with these themes across media in different ways.
Introduction
Chapter One. Race, techno(logy), literature: The Third Wave and Parable of the Sower
Chapter Two. Hip hop as a technological form of enfranchisement and its literary connections
Chapter Three. Slaves and robots: narratives of progress, scientific racism, and their legacies
Chapter Four. Music and technology in Benjamin Zephaniah’s young adult novels
Conclusion
Playlists
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Webliography
Index
