ID - 131870167 TI - Janelle Monáe’s "Dirty Computer" PY - 2021 SN - 9783030906535 9783030906542 9783030906559 9783030906528 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy and psychology of culture KW - Sociology of culture KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - populaire cultuur KW - cultuur KW - Amerikaanse cultuur KW - United States of America KW - America KW - Popular music. KW - African Americans. KW - Culture. KW - Music KW - Popular Culture. KW - Popular Music. KW - African American Culture. KW - Contemporary Music. KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131870167 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 -