African American Studies / / Jeanette R. Davidson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Davidson, Jeanette R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, Leslie M.,; Andrews, Kehinde,; Asante, Molefi Kete,; Austin, Curtis J.,; Barber, Tiffany E.,; Brooks, Kevin L.,; Casimir, Marie,; Curry, Tommy J.,; Dallas, Ebony Iman,; Davidson, Jeanette R.,; Davidson, Tim,; Gipson, Grace D.,; Graham, Greg,; Hall, Perry A.,; Keppel, Ben,; McDougal Iii, Serie,; Montgomery, Georgene Bess,; Ratchford, Jamal,; Simpson Jr., Alphonso,; Stewart, James B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; Notes on Contributors --; 1 Introduction --; I History and Context of African American Studies --; 2 Danny Glover: Memories from 1968 --; 3 Pedagogy and Decolonization: Historical Refl ections on Origins of Black Studies in the United States --; 4 Toward Radical Pan-African Pedagogy and Civic Education --; 5 The “Field and Function” of Africana Studies: Insights from the Life and Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois --; II African American Studies: Theories and Methodologies --; 6 African American Studies: Discourses and Paradigms --; 7 Afrocentricity and Africology: Theory and Practice in the Discipline --; 8 Revisiting White Privilege: Pedagogy in Black Studies --; 9 Social Science Research in Africana Studies: Ethical Protocols and Guidelines --; 10 Africana Studies and Oral History: A Critical Assessment --; III Social Responsibility, Service Learning and Activism --; 11 Africana Studies and Community Service: Using the STRENGTH Model --; 12 Africana Studies and Civic Engagement --; 13 Danny Glover and Manning Marable: Activism Through Art and Scholarship --; 14 Contemporary Women of the African Diaspora: Identity, Artistic Expression and Activism --; 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 --; 16 Reading Black Through the Looking Glass: Decoding the Encoding in African Diasporic Literature --; 17 Diversity and Representations of Blackness in Comic Books --; 18 Black Athletes and the Problematic of Integration in Sport --; 19 African American Music: The Ties That Bind --; 20 Afrofuturism and the Question of Visual Reparations --; 21 The Black Studies Movement in Britain --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474487757; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110992960; 9783110992939; 9783110780406
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474487757
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jeanette R. Davidson.

A comprehensive and practical text on teaching, understanding and practicing African American StudiesDivided into four practical, teachable parts: History and Context of African American Studies; Theories and Methodologies; Social Responsibility, Service Learning and Activism; and Selected Areas of Scholarship in the DisciplineIncludes new areas of research and scholarship integral to the contemporary social and political discourse about raceShowcases interviews with renowned actor and activist Danny Glover and Pulitzer prizewinning scholar Manning MarableFocuses on contemporary women of the African Diaspora and their art, activism and identityTells the poignant story about the killing of Terence Crutcher by a police officer in Tulsa OklahomaExplores the experiences of people of African descent impacted by White privilege, through the lens of W.E. B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Ralph EllisonDiscusses the story of the torture and persecution of the San Francisco 8, members of the Black Panther Party, targeted by COINTELPROThis 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.