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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459355603321

Titolo

African American studies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jeanette R. Davidson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-94174-7

9786612941740

0-7486-3716-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Introducing ethnic studies

Altri autori (Persone)

DavidsonJeanette R

Disciplina

305.896073

Soggetti

African Americans - Study and teaching

Ethnology - Study and teaching - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part i History and Theoretical Perspectives in African American Studies; Chapter 2 African American Studies: Discourses and Paradigms; Chapter 3 Afrocentricity and Africology: Theory and Practice in the Discipline; Part ii Community Service, Social Activism and the Academy; Chapter 4 Town and Gown: Reaffirming Social Responsibility in Africana Studies; Chapter 5 Reflections on the Journey: Interview with Danny Glover (May 2008)

Chapter 6 Black Studies for the Public: Interview with Manning Marable (September 2008)Part iii International Perspectives; Chapter 7 Africa and its Importance to African American Studies; Chapter 8 Black Studies in the UK and US: A Comparative Analysis; Part iv Selected Areas of Scholarship; Chapter 9 Africana Studies and Oral History: A Critical Assessment; Chapter 10 African American Philosophy: Through the Lens of Struggle; Chapter 11 Song and Dance Nexus in the Africana Aesthetic: An Approach; Chapter 12 Perspectives on Womanism, Black Feminism, and Africana Womanism

Chapter 13 Theorizing African American ReligionPart v Commentary; Chapter 14 African American Studies: Vital, Transformative, and



Sustainable; Notes on the Editor, Contributors, and Interviewees; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An introduction to the large and rich area of scholarship that is African American Studies