A Virtual Introduction to Science Fiction

Race in Science Fiction

Lecture

This is the lecture “Race in Science Fiction” by Prof. Dr. Lisa Yaszek (Georgia Institute of Technology):

Videofile – MP4

Essay

The introductory essay “Race in Science Fiction: The Case of Afrofuturism” by Prof. Dr. Lisa Yaszek is available for download here:

Yaszek, Lisa – “Race in Science Fiction: The Case of Afrofuturism”

Recommended Articles for Further Reading

THE ROAD TO SCIENCE FICTION, (ED. JAMES GUNN) and the WESLEYAN ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION (ED. ARTHUR B. EVANS ET AL.)

Both of these anthologies do not really consider questions of race and/or astrofuturism and thus this topic cannot be covered with this anthology.

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000), Ed. Sheree R. Thomas

Dark Matter: Reading the Bones (2005), Ed. Sheree R. Thomas

Should you be interested in using an anthology, these two books are the go-to option for questions on astrofuturism.

ADDITIONAL READING (ASIDE FROM THE ANTHOLOGIES):

Martin Delany, “Blake or the Huts of America” (Anglo-African Magazine, 1859-62)
W.E.B. DuBois, “The Comet,” Darkwater: Voices within the Veil (1920)
Charles Schuyler, “Black Internationale” and “Black Empire” (Pittsburgh Courier, 1936-38) – Excerpts are available via Google Books.
Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild,” Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 1984
Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber (2000)
Steven Barnes, Lion’s Blood (2002) and Zulu Heart (2003)
Minister Faust, Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad (2004)
Amiri Baraka, Tales from the Out and Gone (2006)

MLA Citation for this page:
Video Lecture:
Yaszek, Lisa. “Race in Science Fiction”. Video Lecture. A Virtual Introduction to Science Fiction. Ed. Lars Schmeink.
Web. 2012. <http://virtual-sf.com/?page_id=148>.
Essay:
Yaszek, Lisa. “Race in Science Fiction: The Case of Afrofuturism”. A Virtual Introduction to Science Fiction. Ed. Lars Schmeink.
Web. 2012. <http://virtual-sf.com/?page_id=148>. 1-11.
Info Page:
Yaszek, Lisa and Lars Schmeink. “Race in Science Fiction”. Web Page. A Virtual Introduction to Science Fiction. Ed. Lars Schmeink. Web.
2012. <http://virtual-sf.com/?page_id=148>.