Are we imprisoned in narratives of progress? The work of Hanes Walton and its lessons for an Afrofuturistic black politics

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ID13039655
AuthorsMelynda J Price (University of Kentucky, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume1
Issue4
Pages577-588
Publication date2013-10-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics Groups and Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2156-5503 • E-ISSN: 2156-5511
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21565503.2013.842787
OpenAlexW2264769612
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Hanes Walton was a prolific scholar and a fine human being. In this article, I use his work to engage theories of Afrofuturism and explore their combined import for the future of black politics. I argue that Afrofuturism's concern with how past systems of oppression collude with ideas of post-raciality offer a caution to those studying the politics of black people. The most significant way this intersection impacts the field is in limiting both the subjects we study and our methods. Using the broad span of Hanes' works, I show how he represents a model of how to produce scholarship that is empirically sound and responsive to the concerns of the black community for years to come. I end with a discussion of Hanes' impact beyond the page and how, thanks to his guidance, I continue to do “home work”

Art · Field (mathematics · Literature · Narrative · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Work (physics · American Political and Social Dynamics · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction

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