Africana Studies: A Disciplinary Quest for Both Theory and Method

Africana Studies: A Disciplinary Quest for Both Theory and Method
ISBN-10
0786402784
ISBN-13
9780786402786
Category
History
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
VNR AG
Author
James L. Conyers

Description

Known variously as African studies, black studies, African American studies, Afro-American studies, and Africology, the academic study of the African diaspora as a holistic discipline is a relatively new phenomenon. University programs have been created with reference to a disciplinary matrix, retarding the development of appropriate theory and methods throughout Africana studies. Fifteen leaders in the field of Africana studies provide the conceptual framework for establishing the field as a mature discipline. The focus is on four basic areas: administration and organizational structure; disciplinary matrix; Africana womanism; and cultural aesthetics. The work examines both the theory and the method of scholars in African and African-diaspora studies.

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