Nation in the Universe
The Cosmic Vision of Afro-Filipino Futurism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7436142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Redondo Villegas (Mark Redondo Villegas is an Assistant Professor in American Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. He is co-editor of the anthology Empire of Funk: Hip Hop and Representation in Filipina/o America.) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 25-46 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amerasia Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7471 • E-ISSN: 2642-0228 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17953/aj.43.2.25-46 |
| OpenAlex | W2790530064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
The multiple political valences in Afro-Futurism illuminate the symbiosis between the theme of alienation and speculative modes of belonging pertinent to centuries of white racial domination. I offer a historically grounded interpretation of this Filipino American hip hop aesthetic that could be dismissed as merely whimsical or weird. To do so, I observe DJ Qbert and Invisibl Skratch Piklz's record scratches, communicative practices, and visual worlds, and suggest that they are part of a larger African American decolonial cultural repertoire. I also interpret Hopie's music videos “Space Case” and “Solar Systems” as continuing (and refining) Afro-Filipino Futurism, shown with her fascination with superhuman and intergalactic consciousness
Asian American and Pacific Histories · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Music History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |