African American Studies

by Jeanette R. Davidson (Editor)

Overview

This book brings together chapters authored by leading African American Studies/Black Studies scholars in the USA and the UK. It focuses on the roots of the discipline, reaching back to early brilliant Black intellectuals, discusses the historical and epistemological development of formal Black Studies, setting these in their socio-political contexts, and presents research methodologies and guidelines that are appropriate and valid for people of African descent. A number of chapters direct attention to the discipline’s longstanding commitment to social responsibility with chapters that focus on arts and activism, service learning and civic engagement, and present tangible examples for students. The book concludes with chapters on diverse research topics inclusive of history and gender, literature, sport, music, representation in comic books, afrofuturism, and the Black Studies Movement in the UK.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474487740
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	03/23/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	328
Sales rank:	227,235
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeanette R. Davidson is Professor, in the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies, at the University of Oklahoma. She is a member of the Board of Directors for The National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies, home of the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE). Jeanette R. Davidson was honoured in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: Top 25 Outstanding Women in Higher Education, in 2018, and The Knowledge Review: Inspiring Stories of Women Empowerment, in 2018. She was Director of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma for 15 years. Prior to teaching at the University of Oklahoma, she taught at Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work, NY, NY. Jeanette R. Davidson was born in Scotland.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsForewordNotes on Contributors

1. Introduction - Jeanette R. Davidson

I. HISTORY AND CONTEXT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

2. Danny Glover: Memories from 1968 - Jeanette R. Davidson

3. Pedagogy and Decolonization: Historical Reflections on Origins of Black Studies in the United States - Ben Keppel

4. Toward Radical Pan-African Pedagogy and Civic Education - Greg Graham

5. The "Field and Function" of Africana Studies: Insights from the Life and Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois - James B. Stewart

II. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES

6. African American Studies: Discourses and Paradigms - Perry A. Hall

7. Afrocentricity and Africology: Theory and Practice in the Discipline - Molefi Kete Asante

8. Revisiting White Privilege: Pedagogy in Black Studies - Tim Davidson and Jeanette R. Davidson

9. Social Science Research in Africana Studies: Ethical Protocols and Guidelines - Serie McDougal III

10. Africana Studies and Oral History: A Critical Assessment - Leslie M. Alexander and Curtis J. Austin

III. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, SERVICE LEARNING AND ACTIVISM

11. Africana Studies and Community Service: Using the STRENGTH Model - Jeanette R. Davidson and Tim Davidson

12. Africana Studies and Civic Engagement -Kevin L. Brooks

13. Danny Glover and Manning Marable: Activism Through Art and Scholarship - Jeanette R. Davidson

14. Contemporary Women of the African Diaspora: Identity, Artistic Expression and Activism - Ebony Iman Dallas, Marie Casimir and Jeanette R. Davidson

IV. SELECTED AREAS OF SCHOLARSHIP IN THE DISCIPLINE

15. He Wasn’t Man Enough: Black Male Studies and the Ethnological Targeting of Black Men in Nineteenth-Century Suffragist Thought - Tommy J. Curry

16. Reading Black Through the Looking Glass: Decoding the Encoding in African Diasporic Literature - Georgene Bess Montgomery

17. Diversity and Representations of Blackness in Comic Books - Grace D. Gipson

18. Black Athletes and the Problematic of Integration in Sport - Jamal Ratchford

19. African American Music: The Ties That Bind - Alphonso Simpson Jr.

20. Afrofuturism and the Question of Visual Reparations - Tiffany E. Barber

21. The Black Studies Movement in Britain - Kehinde Andrews

Index

Editorial Reviews

African American Studies is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on the discipline of Black/Africana Studies.

Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua

Filling a void in the literature, this book will be an excellent primary text with its emphasis on social activism, international perspectives, the humanities and gender. I would highly recommend it as an introduction to the field.

Terry Kershaw

A useful addition to the set of important edited volumes now available to supplement core instrction in the discipline.

The Groit - James B. Stewart

This book will be of greatest interest to undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of African American Studies... Recommended.

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