Africana Studies
Author | : James L. Conyers |
Publisher | : VNR AG |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0786402784 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780786402786 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Known variously as African studies, black studies, African American studies, Afro-American studies, and Africology, the academic study of the African diaspora as a holistic discipline is a relatively new phenomenon. University programs have been created with reference to a disciplinary matrix, retarding the development of appropriate theory and methods throughout Africana studies. Fifteen leaders in the field of Africana studies provide the conceptual framework for establishing the field as a mature discipline. The focus is on four basic areas: administration and organizational structure; disciplinary matrix; Africana womanism; and cultural aesthetics. The work examines both the theory and the method of scholars in African and African-diaspora studies.