Rethinking the superhero in the back panther
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2022
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Université De Larbi Ben M’hidi Oum EL Bouaghi
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This research studies the Afrofuturistic genre and its main features in the Black Panther movie. It aims to show that this movie revolutionises the way the African are represented across the media and subverts all the stereotypical images associated to them. It also demonstrates that the Afrofuturistic aspects are well-represented through the main character, a black superhero; that contrasts all that is displayed by a white superhero. To this end, this study highlights Afrofuturistic features in the movie such as the Remix, Alienation, and Afropolitanism and attempts to underline the main components of the Black superhero at the two levels of appearance and mindset.
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Movie, Afrofuturism, Black Panther, Black Superhero