Out of the Revolution The Development of Africana Studies

by Aldridge, Delores P.; Young, Carlene; Aldridge, Delores P.; Adams, Russell; Akinyela, Makungu M.; Al-Hadid, Amiri Yasin; Boateng, Felix; Bracy, James H.; Colón, Alan; Cone, James; Davis, John A.; Dodson, Howard; Eichelberger, Herbert; Expinoza, Stanley Cr

• ISBN13: 9780739101117
• ISBN10: 0739101110
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirty-one 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Part I. Introduction	1	(12)
Historical Development and Introduction to the Academy	3	(10)
Delores P. Aldridge
Carlene Young
Part II. Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives	13	(64)
The Field and Function of Black Studies: Toward an Accurate Assessment of the State of Black Studies in the 1970s and 1980s	15	(10)
James B. Stewart
Paradigms in Black Studies	25	(14)
Perry A. Hall
Epistemological Considerations in Afro-American Studies	39	(20)
Russell L. Adams
Africana Studies and Epistemology	59	(18)
James Turner
Part III. Development and Institutionalization: The Twentieth Century	77	(86)
Black Studies, Student Activism, and the Academy	79	(14)
William E. Nelson Jr.
Africana Studies at Tennessee State University: Traditions and Diversity	93	(22)
Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid
The Early Years of Three Major Professional Black Studies Organizations	115	(18)
William M. King
The Academy as an Institution: Bureaucracy and African-American Studies	133	(14)
Carlene Young
Education in a Multicultural Society: The Role of Black Studies	147	(16)
Felix Boateng
Part IV. Black Women and Africana Studies	163	(56)
Black Women, Feminism, and Black Studies	165	(12)
Vivian Verdell Gordon
The Missing Link: Women in Black/Africana Studies	177	(14)
Laverne Gyant
Towards Integrating Africana Women into Africana Studies	191	(14)
Delores P. Aldridge
Africana Womanism: An Overview	205	(14)
Clenora Hudson-Weems
Part V. Social, Psychological, Political, and Economic Dimensions in Africana Studies	219	(66)
Power and Group Identity among African Americans: A Sociopsychological Analysis	221	(26)
Carlene Young
In the Wake of Destruction: Ujamaa Circle Process Therapy and Black Family Healing	247	(20)
Makungu M. Akinyela
Para-Apartheid: The Origins of a Construct for Understanding Organizing of the Black Ghetto	267	(18)
Madison Foster
Part VI. Africana Studies in the Diaspora	285	(50)
Black Studies and Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Towards a New Synthesis	287	(28)
Alan Colon
The Status of Africana/African-Brazilian Studies at Selected Universities in Brazil	315	(10)
Milfred C. Fierce
The Afro-Mexican: A History Relatively Untouched	325	(10)
Stanley Crockett Expinoza
Part VII. Humanistic Perspectives in Africana Studies	335	(110)
Toward an Understanding of the Black Image in the Visual Arts as Seen through Filmic Metaphor	337	(20)
Herbert Eichelberger
African-American Humanism in an Age of Africana Studies	357	(12)
Carolyn Fowler
African-American Folklore and the Diaspora	369	(10)
Richard Long
Africanisms in African-American Music	379	(28)
Portia K. Maultsby
Black Theology, Black Churches, and Black Women	407	(20)
James Cone
Black Theology and the Black Woman	427	(18)
Jacquelyn Grant
Part VIII. Africana/Black Studies as an Agent of Empowerment for Student Development	445	(72)
Political Philosophy and African Americans in Pursuit of Equality	447	(12)
J. Owens Smith
African-American Studies in Libraries: Collection Development and Management Priorities	459	(12)
Howard Dodson
Public Education and African-American Studies	471	(20)
Hugh J. Scott
Stop-outs: African-American Participation in Adult Education	491	(16)
James P. Upton
Computers and Black Studies: Toward the Cognitive Revolution	507	(10)
Melvin K. Hendrix
James H. Bracy
John A. Davis
Waddell M. Herron
Part IX. Africana/Black Studies in American Higher Education: Yesterday and Today	517	(20)
Status of Africana/Black Studies in Higher Education in the U.S.	519	(18)
Delores P. Aldridge
Part X. Prospectus on the Future	537	(8)
Overview	539	(1)
Rationale for Africana Studies	540	(2)
Graduates and Careers	542	(1)
Trends and Prognosis	543	(1)
Summary and Conclusion	544	(1)
Appendix	545	(4)
Selected References	549	(4)
Index	553	(28)
About the Contributors	581