MCS 147E: Visual Culture and Afrofuturism

2026-27

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 497

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: An introduction to the cultural production of space called Afrofuturism and the history of the black speculative arts. Includes how the speculative affects representations of race and blackness in literature, visual culture, and music.