Out of the revolution : the development of Africana studies / edited by Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young ; contributors, Russell L. Adams [and thirty-one others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aldridge, Delores P., editor.

Young, Carlene, 1938- editor.

Adams, Russell L., contributor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Study and teaching.

African Americans--Study and teaching--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Black people--Study and teaching--History--20th century.

Black people.

African Americans--Study and teaching.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (597 p.)

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2003.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Oxford, England : Lexington Books, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirty-one of the nation's top scholars to provide a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, and future considerations for the discipline of 'Africana' studies. Topics addressed include epistemological considerations; humanistic perspectives; the role of bureaucracy and the academic institution; the social, psychological, political, and economic dimensions; the position of black women in the field; and how the discipline has empowered the black student. This invaluable resource for educato

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Introduction; 1. Historical Development and Introduction to the Academy Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young; Part II. Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives; 2. The Field and Function of Black Studies: Toward an Accurate Assessment of the State of Black Studies in the 1970s and 1980s James B. Stewart; 3. Paradigms in Black Studies Perry A. Hall; 4. Epistemological Considerations in Afro-American Studies Russell L. Adams; 5. Africana Studies and Epistemology James Turner

Part III. Development and Institutionalization: The Twentieth Century6. Black Studies, Student Activism, and the Academy William E. Nelson Jr.; 7. Africana Studies at Tennessee State University: Traditions and Diversity Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid; 8. The Early Years of Three Major Professional Black Studies Organizations William M. King; 9. The Academy as an Institution: Bureaucracy and African-American Studies Carlene Young; 10. Education in a Multicultural Society: The Role of Black Studies Felix Boateng; Part IV. Black Women and Africana Studies

11. Black Women, Feminism, and Black Studies Vivian Verdell Gordon12. The Missing Link: Women in Black/Africana Studies Laverne Gyant; 13. Towards Integrating Africana Women into Africana Studies Delores P. Aldridge; 14. Africana Womanism: An Overview Clenora Hudson-Weems; Part V. Social, Psychological, Political, and Economic Dimensions in Africana Studies; 15. Power and Group Identity among African Americans: A Sociopsychological Analysis Carlene Young; 16. In the Wake of Destruction: Ujamaa Circle Process Therapy and Black Family Healing Makungu M. Akinyela

17. Para-Apartheid: The Origins of a Construct for Understanding Organizing of the Black Ghetto Madison FosterPart VI. Africana Studies in the Diaspora; 18. Black Studies and Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Towards a New Synthesis Alan Colón; 19. The Status of Africana/African-Brazilian Studies at Selected Universities in Brazil Milfred C. Fierce; 20. The Afro-Mexican: A History Relatively Untouched Stanley Crockett Expinoza; Part VII. Humanistic Perspectives in Africana Studies

21. Toward an Understanding of the Black Image in the Visual Arts as Seen through Filmic Metaphor Herbert Eichelberger22. African-American Humanism in an Age of Africana Studies Carolyn Fowler; 23. African-American Folklore and the Diaspora Richard Long; 24. Africanisms in African-American Music Portia K. Maultsby; 25. Black Theology, Black Churches, and Black Women James Cone; 26. Black Theology and the Black Woman Jacquelyn Grant; Part VIII. Africana/Black Studies as an Agent of Empowerment for Student Development

27. Political Philosophy and African Americans in Pursuit of Equality J. Owens Smith

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41503-9

9798765184110

0-7391-0547-7

0-7391-5854-6

OCLC:

856869689