Walking the Tightrope: Selfhood and Speculative Fiction in Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe’s multi-part, multi-media work Metropolis can be read as a speculative fiction text. In my work, I examine the ways in which Monáe uses the structure of her second album The ArchAndroid and the music, lyrics, and dance of her video "Tightrope" to contribute to her underlying...

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Main Author: Bates, Jessica Rachel
Other Authors: English
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42520
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05072012-133144/