TY - BOOK ID - 101088437 TI - Janelle Monáe’s "Dirty Computer" AU - Hassler-Forest, Dan AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2021 SN - 9783030906535 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Afrofuturism. KW - Science fiction in music. KW - Music KW - Arts, American KW - Popular music. KW - African Americans. KW - Culture. KW - Popular Culture. KW - Popular Music. KW - African American Culture. KW - Contemporary Music. KW - Culture, Popular KW - Mass culture KW - Pop culture KW - Popular arts KW - Communication KW - Intellectual life KW - Mass society KW - Recreation KW - Culture KW - Criticism KW - Cultural sociology KW - Sociology of culture KW - Civilization KW - Popular culture KW - African Americans KW - Afro-Americans KW - Black Americans KW - Colored people (United States) KW - Negroes KW - Africans KW - Ethnology KW - Black people KW - Music, Popular KW - Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) KW - Pop music KW - Popular songs KW - Popular vocal music KW - Songs, Popular KW - Vocal music, Popular KW - Cover versions KW - History and criticism. KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101088437 AB - 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. ER -