Submitted November 11 2018; on January 2019 approved LCSH list; email confirmation of acceptance received February 25 2019.
Naomi Skulan writes:
This is my first time submitting something here, and I am not sure what all needs to be included, so please leave comments for suggestions! I tried to follow the format for some of the other suggestions that have been submitted here before. The books that I have seen about Afrofuturism only have vague subject headings like “Science fiction $x Social aspects” and “African Americans $x Race identity” which really don’t cut it.
150 __ Afrofuturism
550 __ $w g $a Science fiction
670 __ Work cat: 854285645: Womack, Ytasha L. Afrofuturism : the world of black sci-fi and fantasy culture, 2013.
670 __ 932003493: Afrofuturism 2.0 : the rise of astro-blackness, 2016.
670__ 994693947: Steinskog, Erik (Musicologist). Afrofuturism and black sound studies : culture, technology, and things to come, 2018.
670__ English Oxford Dictionary, viewed online July 13 2018 $b (“Afrofuturism: A movement in literature, music, art, etc., featuring futuristic or science fiction themes which incorporate elements of black history and culture.”) $u https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/afrofuturism
Here’s what LC’s final version looks like:
150 Afrofuturism [Not Subd Geog]
550 BT Arts, American–20th century
550 BT Arts, American–21st century