Synopsis
Among new areas of scholarly inquiry and critical interpretation, African-American Studies holds a unique place in the Academy. Now there is a volume of essays that illuminates the history and developments of this discipline. The African-American Studies Reader, edited by Nathaniel Norment, Jr. of Temple University, contains 61 articles covering a gamut of topics relevant to the discipline, including: The Discipline: Definition and Perspectives; African-American Women's Studies; Historical Perspectives; Philosophical Perspectives; Theoretical Foundation; Political Perspectives; Critical Issues and Perspectives; and Curriculum Development and Program Models.
Essays in this volume address the study of African-American Studies as an intellectual, social and political focus for higher education. They discuss the intellectual and academic roots of the field and review the conditions that made its emergence possible. They examine the discipline's theoretical, ideological, philosophical and research paradigms, and they consider the past, present and future challenges of African-American Studies.
This outstanding collection of essays in African-American Studies will be of interest to individuals new to the field as well as those already involved in research, teaching, and other aspects of African-American Studies.
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About the Author
Nathaniel Norment, Jr. is the Graduate Director and an Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University.
Reviews
Edited by Norment (African American Studies, Temple Univ.), this reader charts the historical evolution of black studies in higher education. Most of the 61 articles, arranged in eight sections, were previously published from the 1960s through the 1980s, but determining their origins is difficult because complete citations are not given. The selections address the African American intellectual tradition prior to the formal establishment of black studies, the advent of black studies on campuses as a result of student movements of the 1960s, and the debates that ensued regarding curriculum, structure, goals, and objectives. Many issues such as the origins of black studies, definitions of the discipline and of afrocentricity, the discipline's twofold mission of activism and scholarship, the relevance of black studies, and epistemological concerns of the field are revisited repeatedly throughout the text, which makes for tiresome reading. The focus is narrow and will interest only those studying the institutionalization and theoretical foundation of the discipline. Recommended for black studies collections. Sherri Barnes, Univ. of California Lib., Santa Barbara
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