The case against Afrocentrism [[electronic resource] /] / Tunde Adeleke

• Autore: Adeleke Tunde
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.896
• Soggetto topico: Afrocentrism; Pan-Africanism; African diaspora; African Americans - Race identity; Black people - Race identity
• Soggetto geografico: Africa In popular culture
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Afrocentric essentialism -- Africa and the challenges of constructing identity -- Conceptual and paradigmatic utilizations and representations of Africa -- Essentialist construction of identity and pan-Africanism -- Afrocentric consciousness and historical memory -- Afrocentric essentialism and globalization.
• Sommario/riassunto: Postcolonial discourses on African Diaspora history and relations have traditionally focused intensely on highlighting the common experiences and links between black Africans and African Americans. This is especially true of Afrocentric scholars and supporters who use Africa to construct and validate a monolithic, racial, and culturally essentialist worldview. Publications by Afrocentric scholars such as Molefi Asante, Marimba Ani, Maulana Karenga, and the late John Henrik Clarke have emphasized the centrality of Africa to the construction of Afrocentric essentialism. In the last fifteen years
• Titolo autorizzato: The case against Afrocentrism
• ISBN: 1-282-82121-0; 9786612821219; 1-60473-294-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792418703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II