Death's Futurity: The Visual Life of Black Power

by Sampada Aranke

Book Overview

In Death's Futurity Sampada Aranke examines the importance of representations of death to Black liberation. Aranke analyzes posters, photographs, journalism, and films that focus on the murders of Black Panther Party members Lil' Bobby Hutton, Fred Hampton, and George Jackson to construct a visual history of the 1960s and 1970s Black Power era. She shows how Black radicals used these murders to engage in political action that imagined Black...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478019301
• ISBN13: 9781478019305
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"