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

Marable, Manning

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 159451142X ISBN 13 : 9781594511424

Editeur : Routledge, 2005

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Manning Marable is Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American Studies, and Director, Center for Contemporary Black History at Columbia University. He is author of What Black America Thinks (Houghton Mifflin, 2005) and W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat, updated edition (Paradigm Publishers, 2004). Adina Popescu is the Associate Editor for Souls. Khary Jones is the Associate Editor for Souls. Patricia Lespinasse is a doctoral student at Columbia University.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 159451142X
• ISBN 13: 9781594511424
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352