The Black Studies Reader

by Bobo,Jacqueline

• ISBN13: 9780415945547
• ISBN10: 0415945542
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135942564
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Black studies emerged from the tumultuous social and civil rights movements of the 1960s and empowered African Americans to look at themselves in new ways and pass on a dignified version of Black history. However, it also enriched traditional disciplines in profound and significant ways. Proponents of Black and ethnic studies confronted the false notion that scholarly investigations were objective and unbiased explorations of the range of human knowledge, history, creativity, artistry, and scientific discovery. As they protested against hegemonic notions like "universal" psychology and re-evaluated canonical texts in literature, a new model of academic inquiry evolved: one committed to serving a range of populations, that critiqued traditional politics, culture, and social affairs, and worked with activist energy for the transformation of the existing social order. With an all-star cast of contributors,The Black Studies Readertakes on the history and future of this multi-faceted academicfield. Topics include Black feminism, cultural politics, Black activism, lesbian and gay issues, African American literature and film, education, and religion. This authoritative collection takes a critical look at the current state of Black studies and speculates on where it may go from here.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(14)
Jacqueline Bobo, Cynthia Hudley, Claudine Michel
PART I THEORIZING BLACK STUDIES
SECTION A EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
1 THE INTELLECTUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICANA STUDIES	15	(6)
Robert L. Harris Jr.
2 BLACK STUDIES IN LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION	21	(14)
Johnnetta B. Cole
3 THEORIZING BLACK STUDIES
The Continuing Role of Community Service in the Study of Race and Class	35	(6)
James Jennings
4 HOW THE WEST WAS ONE
On the Uses and Limitations of Diaspora	41	(6)
Robin D. G. Kelley
SECTION B BLACK FEMINISM: ACTS OF RESISTANCE
5 WOMANIST CONSCIOUSNESS	47	(18)
6 DISCONTENTED BLACK FEMINISTS
Prelude and Postscript to the Passage of the Nineteenth Amendment	65	(14)
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
7 ELLA BAKER AND THE ORIGINS OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY"	79	(12)
Carol Mueller
8 BLACK WOMEN AND THE ACADEMY	91	(10)
Angela Y. Davis
SECTION C REPRESENTING BLACK MEN
9 HOW DEEP, HOW WIDE?
Perspectives on the Making of The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry	101	(12)
Jacqueline Shearer
10 MILITARY RITES AND WRONGS
African Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces	113	(26)
Phyllis R. Klotman
11 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE, POLICE BRUTALITY, OR GOVERNMENTAL REPRESSION? THE 1962 LOS ANGELES POLICE SHOOTING OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE NATION OF ISLAM	139	(14)
Frederick Knight
12 SOME GLANCES AT THE BLACK FAG
Race, Same-Sex Desire, and Cultural Belonging	153	(24)
Marlon B. Ross
PART II CONCEPTUALIZING CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY
SECTION D TEXT CREATION AND REPRESENTATION
13 THE COLOR PURPLE
Black Women as Cultural Readers	177	(16)
Jacqueline Bobo
14 BLACK TALK RADIO
Defining Community Needs and Identity	193	(18)
Catherine R. Squires
15 CHASING FAE
The Watermelon Woman and Black Lesbian Possibility	211	(14)
Laura L. Sullivan
16 DREADPATH/LOCKSPIRIT	225	(4)
Akasha Gloria Hull
SECTION E INTERROGATING CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
17 IN THE YEAR 1915	229	(72)
D.W. Griffith and the Whitening of America
Cedric J. Robinson
18 WHAT IS THIS "BLACK" IN BLACK POPULAR CULTURE?	255	(10)
Stuart Hall
19 DYES AND DOLLS
Multicultural Barbie and the Merchandising of Difference	265	(16)
Ann duCille
20 AFRICAN SIGNS AND SPIRIT WRITING	281	(20)
Harryette Mullen
PART III SEXUALITY, EDUCATION, RELIGION
SECTION F AUTONOMY, SUBJECTIVITY, SEXUALITY
21 BLACK (W)HOLES AND THE GEOMETRY OF BLACK FEMALE SEXUALITY	301	(58)
Evelynn Hammonds
22 BLACK BODIES/GAY BODIES
The Politics of Race in the Gay/Military Battle	315	(14)
Alycee J. Lane
23 HORMONES AND MELANIN
The Dimensions of "Race," Sex, and Gender in Africology; Reflexive Journeys	329	(14)
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
24 CAN THE QUEEN SPEAK?
Racial Essentialism, Sexuality, and the Problem of Authority	343	(16)
Dwight A. McBride
SECTION G EDUCATION: PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE
25 HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE EYES OF PARENTS	359	(54)
Cynthia Hudley and Rhoda Barnes
26 DESEGREGATION EXPERIENCES OF MINORITY STUDENTS
Adolescent Coping Strategies in Five Connecticut High Schools	367	(12)
Randi L. Miller
27 RACIAL SOCIALIZATION STRATEGIES OF PARENTS IN THREE BLACK PRIVATE SCHOOLS	379	(10)
Deborah J. Johnson
28 TALKING ABOUT RACE, LEARNING ABOUT RACISM
The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom	389	(24)
Beverly Daniel Tatum
SECTION H RELIGION IN BLACK LIFE
29 SLAVE IDEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION	413
Katie Geneva Cannon
30 BLACK THEOLOGY AND THE BLACK WOMAN	421	(14)
Jacquelyn Grant
31 TEACHING HAITIAN VODOU	435	(10)
Claudine Michel
32 ISLAM IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE	445	(28)
Richard Brent Turner
Selected Bibliography	473	(2)
Contributors	475	(4)
Permissions Acknowledgements	479	(4)
Index	483