Janelle Monáe’s "Dirty Computer"

By:

Dan Hassler-Forest

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon

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This book offers an in-depth analysis of Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer, an Afrofuturist project that appeared simultaneously as a concept album and a visual album or “emotion picture” in spring 2018. In the previous decade, Janelle Monáe has developed into a global media personality who effortlessly unites speculative world-building with social and political activism. Across the intersecting album and film that together make up Dirty Computer, Monáe brings together the science-fictional themes that informed her previous work, resulting in a powerfully focused artistic and political statement. While the music on the album can be enjoyed as an accessible collection of pop tracks, the accompanying film, music videos, and media paratexts add layers of meaning that combine speculative world-building with anti-racist activism. This unique convergence of energies, ideas, and media platforms has made Dirty Computer a new classic of Afrofuturist science fiction.

Author Biography:

Dan Hassler-Forest works as Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at Utrecht University. He has published books and articles on superhero movies, comics, transmedia storytelling, critical theory, and Star Wars. His recent work has been focused on race and global media, with a special focus in his last two books on the creative work of performing artist Janelle Monáe.

Release date Australia

January 12th, 2022

Author

Dan Hassler-Forest

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2021

Illustrations

12 Illustrations, black and white; XIX, 96 p. 12 illus.

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Series

Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon

ISBN-13

9783030906528

Product ID

35646431

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