Africana Studies: A Disciplinary Quest for Both Theory and Method (Revised)

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Conyers, James L.
Published: 01/01/2005
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780786423040
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.40w x 0.57d