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

ISBN-13: 9781594511424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 352 str.

Manning Marable; Adina Popescu; Khary Jones

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction: Critical African-American Studies, Souls, and the New Black Renaissance, Manning Marable Section One: Remapping the Black Experience Chapter 1: Rethinking Black Studies Chapter 2: Reinterpreting the Past: The New Black History Chapter 3: Home to Harlem: Yesterday and Today Section Two: Old Constructs, New Contexts Chapter 4: The New Racial Domain Chapter 5: Black Feminist Studies: The New Politics of Gender Chapter 6: The Hip Hop Nation: Black Youth Culture Today Section Three: Beyond Traditional Boundaries Chapter 7: Beyond Black and White: Redefining Racialized Identities Chapter 8: Transnational Blackness: Africa and the African Diaspora, Asia , and Globalization Section Four: Commitment, Community, and Imagination Chapter 9: The Responsibility of the Critical Black Studies Scholar Contributors About the Editors Index

O autorze

Professor of Public Affairs, History, and Mrican-American Studies Director, Center for Contemporary Black History Columbia University