Africana Studies

by Aldridge, Delores P.

• ISBN13: 9780874222944
• ISBN10: 087422294X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-30
• Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr

Summary

The systematic study of the Africana/Black experience emerged in universities in the United States during the late 1960s. As an outgrowth of the Civil Rights and Black Conscious movements, demonstrations occurred on campuses nationwide, giving birth to the new academic discipline.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Study Guide	p. xv
Philosophical Perspectives on Africana Studies in the 1970s
The University of Sankore at Timbuctoo: A Neglected Achievement in Black Intellectual History	p. 1
Historical Dialectics of Black Nationalist Movements in America	p. 8
Toward the Evolution of a Unitary Discipline: Maximizing the Interdisciplinary Concept in African/Afro-American Studies	p. 40
An Ideology for Liberation: A Response to Amiri Baraka and other "Marxists"	p. 47
Historical Consciousness and Politics in Africa	p. 58
The Intellectual Foundations of Racism	p. 70
The Ideology of European Dominance	p. 86
Black Studies and Sensibility: Identity, the Foundation for a Pedagogy	p. 96
Developing Theoretical Paradigms in Africana Studies in the 1980s
Notes on Africentric Theory of Black Personality	p. 101
Toward a Theory of Popular Health Practices in the Black Community	p. 112
Theories of Black Culture	p. 124
Toward an Understanding of Black Male/Female Relationships	p. 143
Conceptual and Logical Issues in Theory and Research Related to Black Masculinity	p. 154
Race and Raceness: A Theoretical Perspective of the Black American Experience	p. 163
Consensus and Neo-Conservatism in the Black Community: A Theoretical Analysis of Black Leadership	p. 176
The Emerging Paradigm in Black Studies	p. 185
Re-examining the Black on Black Crime Issue: A Theoretical Essay	p. 197
Africana Paradigms in Practice since 1990
Afrocentricity and the Critique of Drama	p. 207
Africentricity in Social Science	p. 216
Beyond Afrocentricism: Alternatives for African American Studies	p. 232
A Blueprint for African American Economic Development	p. 241
Perception of Power/Control among African Americans: A Developmental Approach	p. 249
Towards an Africological Pedagogical Approach to African Civilization	p. 266
Africana Studies in the New Millennium
Towards a Grand Theory of Black Studies: An Attempt to Discern the Dynamics and the Direction of the Discipline	p. 281
Africana Womanism: The Flip Side of a Coin	p. 293
Africana Studies and Gender Relations in the Twenty First Century	p. 308
Will the Revolution Be Digitized? Using Digitized Resources in Undergraduate Africana Studies Courses	p. 321
Afterword	p. 337
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