Africana Studies
Subtitle: A Disciplinary Quest for Both Theory and Method
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: January 1997
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780786402786
Subjects: African history; Black studies; Cultural studies; Study and teaching (Higher); Native American Sociology; Sociology; Africa; North America; United States; General; United States - General; African Americans; Blacks; Historiography
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'--Provided by publisher.

'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'--Provided by publisher.