Out of the Revolution: The Development of Africana Studies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0739105477 ISBN 13: 9780739105474

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2003

Synopsis

In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirtyone of the nation's top scholars to provide a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, and future considerations for the discipline of _Africana_ studies. Topics addressed include epistemological considerations; humanistic perspectives; the role of bureaucracy and the academic institution; the social, psychological, political, and economic dimensions; the position of black women in the field; and how the discipline has empowered the black student. This invaluable resource for educators and students alike concludes with a look at graduates in Africana studies and their careers and a discussion of the future of the field.

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Review:

This timely and critically important collection...should be required reading by all Africana studies departments, administrators, and any other academic unit that wishes to understand this dynamic field and its own relationship to it.--Diedre L. Badejo, Kent State University

Out of the Revolution will become required reading as a main textbook for survey courses and as a resource for upper-division courses in Africana Studies and Africology. This outstanding book--unique for its treatment of the intersection of race, gender, and class--is a major advancement for the field.--Anthony J. Lemelle Jr., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Synopsis:

The introduction of "Black" Studies into institutions of higher education was a direct response to the mandate for change at all levels that characterised the civil rights movement and the social rebellions of the 1950s and 1960s America. Out of the Revolution is a collection of writings from thirty-one of America's top academics, providing a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, and future considerations for the discipline of Africana Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0739105477
• ISBN 13: 9780739105474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 600
• Editor: Aldridge Delores P.