Afrocentricity and the Academy

Essays on Theory and Practice

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Afrocentricity is a philosophical and theoretical perspective that emphasizes the study of Africans as subjects, not as objects, and is opposed to perspectives that attempt to marginalize African thought and experience. Afrocentricity became popular in the l980s as scores of African American and African scholars adopted an Afrocentric orientation to information.The editor of this collection argues that as scholars embark upon the 21st century, they can no longer be myopic in their perceptions and analyses of race. The seventeen essays examine a wide range of variations on the Afrocentric paradigm in the areas of history, literature, political science, philosophy, economics, women's studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies and social policy. The essays, written by professors, librarians, students and others in higher education who have embraced the Afrocentric perspective, are divided into four sections: "Pedagogy and Implementation," "Theoretical Assessment," "Critical Analysis," and "Pan Africanist Thought."

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Utgivningsdatum2003-06-02
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786415427

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Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Pedagogy and ImplementationAfrican American Achievement: Using Critical Pedagogy to Critique a Plan Intending to Address Educational DisparitiesCarol Lloyd The Black Studies Paradigm: The Making of Scholar ActivistsTerry Kershaw The Afrocentric Idea in EducationMole. Kete Asante Afrocentricity and the Arrangement of KnowledgeKathleen E. Bethel Part 2: Theoretical AssessmentW.E.B. Du Bois and/as Africana Critical Theory: Pan-Africanism, Critical Marxism, and Male FeminismReiland Rabaka A Theoretical Analysis of Persuasive Tactics Used by Frederick Douglass in “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”Jason J. Thompson and Reynaldo Anderson The Philosophy of the Black Power Movement Using Ntu as a Theoretical ConstructPaul Easterling African American Intellectual History: Philosophy and EthosMalachi Crawford Part 3: Critical AnalysisAfrocentricity and African PsychologyKevin Cokely The Black Male Narrative: An Afrocentric AssessmentJames L. Conyers, Jr. What Is Afrocentric? Applying Afrocentric Analysis to a Non-Fiction TextSandy Van Dyk Part 4: Pan-Africanist ThoughtThe Return: Slave Castles and the African DiasporaTanya Y. Price The Shebanization of KnowledgeMiriam Ma’at-Ka-Re Monges Why Write “Black”? Reclaiming African Culture Resource Knowledges in Diasporic ContextsGeorge J. Sefa Dei “There Was No Better Place to Go”? Quintard Taylor, Afrikancentricity, and the Historiography of the Afrikan Experience in the American WestAhati N.N. Toure Mulattos, Freejacks, Cape Verdeans, Black Seminoles, and Others: Afrocentrisim and Mixed-Race PersonsRhett Jones The Interaction Sphere of Nubia and Egypt: From the Old Kingdom to the Meroitic PeriodLarry Ross About the Contributors Index