New Black Renaissance: The Souls Anthology of Critical African-American Studies

by Marable,Manning

• ISBN13: 9781594511417
• ISBN10: 1594511411
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Against a backdrop of multiculturalism and Afrocentricity in the intellectual traditions of African-American Studies, this book sets new standards and directions for the future. It is the first book to systematically address the many themes that have changed the political and social landscape for African Americans. Among these changes are new transnational processes of globalization, the devastating impact of neoliberal public policies upon urban minority communities, increasing imprisonment and attendant loss of voting rights especially among black males, the surging of Hispanic population, and widening class differences as deindustrialization, crack cocaine, and gentrification entered urban communities. Marable and a cast of influential contributors suggest that a new beginning is needed for African American scholarship. They explain why Black Studies needs to break its conceptual and thematic limitations, exploring "blackness" in new ways and in different geographic sites. They outline the major intersectionalities that should shape a new Black Studies - the complex relationships between race, gender, sexuality, class and youth. They argue that African-American Studies scholarship must help shape and redirect public policies that affect black communities, working with government, foundations and other private institutions on such issues as housing, health care, and criminal justice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Critical African-American Studies, Souls, and the New Black Renaissance-Manning

Marable Section One: Remapping the Black Experience

Rethinking Black Studies

Reinterpreting the Past

The New Black History

Home to Harlem

Yesterday and Today Section Two

Old Constructs

New Contexts

The New Racial Domain

Black Feminist Studies

The New Politics of Gender

The Hip Hop Nation

Black Youth Culture Today Section Three

Beyond Traditional Boundaries

Beyond Black and White

Redefining Racialized Identities

Transnational Blackness

Africa and the African Diaspora, Asia , and Globalization Section Four

The Responsibility of the Critical Black Studies Scholar

Contributors

About the Editors

Index

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