Description
Author: Ytasha L. Womack
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: 03/25/2025
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780897334556
ISBN10: 0897334558
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Cultural & Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Bl
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Social Science | Popular Culture
About the Author
Ytasha L. Womack is a filmmaker and futurist, and the author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, and Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African American Identity, and a contributor to the Smithsonian exhibit companion title Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures. Womack has taught and lectured on Afrofuturism to audiences ranging from Carnegie Hall and the Smithsonian, to Afropunk in Brooklyn and the Sonic Acts Festival in Amsterdam, from Saint Etienne School of Architecture in France to MIT Media Lab's "Beyond the Cradle" in Boston. She is the creator of the Rayla 2212 sci-fi multimedia series, the director of the award-winning film The Engagement, the producer and writer of Love Shorts, and the coeditor of Beats Rhymes & Life: What We Love and Hate About Hip Hop. She lives in Chicago.