Out of one, many Africas : reconstructing the study and meaning of Africa.

Even as symbols of Africa permeate Western culture in the 1990s, centers for the academic study of Africa suffer from a steady erosion of institutional support and intellectual legitimacy.Out of One, Many Africas assesses the rising tide of discontent that has destabilized the conceptions, instituti...

תיאור מלא

מידע ביבליוגרפי
מחברים אחרים: Martin, William G. (ed.), West, Michael O. (ed.)
פורמט: Ouvrage
שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1999.
נושאים:
LEADER 04256cam a2200493 a 4500
001 lesc-30899
008 980825s1999 ilu b s001 0 eng
020 |a 0252067800  
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d VVC  |d OCLCQ  |d BAKER  |d BTCTA  |d YDXCP  |d OrLoB-B  |d LESC 
041 |a eng 
043 |a USA 
050 |b L18454  |a DT 14 M379 
245 0 0 |a Out of one, many Africas :  |b reconstructing the study and meaning of Africa. 
260 |a Urbana :  |b University of Illinois Press,  |c 1999. 
300 |a x-237 p.  
504 |a Bibliogr. dissém. Index. 
505 |a Introduction: The Rival Africas and Paradigms of Africanists and Africans at Home and Abroad / West, Michael O.; Martin, William G. -- Part I. The Study of Africa and African Studies: Reflections on the "Longue Duree" -- The Rise of Francophone African Social Science: From Colonial Knowledge to Knowledge of Africa / Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine -- The Emergence and Evolution of African Studies in the United Kingdom / Fyfe, Christopher -- The African Presence: In Defense of Africanity / Skinner, Elliott P. -- Part II. Transcontinental Power and Resources in the Production of Knowledge -- The Ascent, Triumph, and Distintegration of the Africanist Enterprise, USA / Martin, William G.; West, Michael O. -- Low-Intensity Warfare and the Study of Africans at Home and Abroad / Campbell, Horace -- From Euphoria to Gloom? Navigating the Murky Waters of African Academic Institutions / Tadesse, Zenebeworke -- Part III. Breaking Paradigms and Silences -- Braudel and African History: Dismantling or Reproducing the Colonial/Capital Paradigm? / Depelchin, Jacques --The Challenge of the Africa-Centered Paradigm in the Construction of African Historical Knowledge / Keto, C. Tsehloane -- Indirect Rule, Civil Society, and Ethnicity: The African Dilemma / Mamdani, Mahmood -- Popular Paradigms and Conceptions: Orature-Based Community Theater / Githae Mugo, Micere -- Afterword / Wallerstein, Immanuel. 
520 |a Even as symbols of Africa permeate Western culture in the 1990s, centers for the academic study of Africa suffer from a steady erosion of institutional support and intellectual legitimacy.Out of One, Many Africas assesses the rising tide of discontent that has destabilized the conceptions, institutions, and communities dedicated to African studies. In vibrant detail, contributors from Africa, Europe, and North America lay out the multiple, contending histories and perspectives that inform African studies. They assess the reaction against the white-dominated consensus that has marked African studies since its inception in the 1950s and note the emergence of alternative approaches, energized in part by feminist and cultural studies. They examine African scholars' struggle against paradigms that have justified and covered up colonialism, militarism, and underdevelopment. They also consider such issues as how to bring black scholars on the continent and in the diaspora closer together on questions of intellectual freedom, accountability, and the democratization of information and knowledge production. By surveying the present predicament and the current grassroots impulse toward reconsidering the meaning of the continent,Out of One, Many Africas gives shape and momentum to a crucial dialogue aimed at transforming the study of Africa -- Description de l'éditeur. 
591 |a 0027 
650 0 |a Historiography  |z United States. 
651 0 |a Africa  |x Study and teaching (Higher)  |z United States. 
651 0 |a Africa  |x Study and teaching (Higher) 
651 0 |a Africa  |x Historiography. 
690 |a Historiographie 
690 |a Enseignement 
690 |a Education 
690 |a Africanisme 
690 |a Recherche 
691 |a Afrique 
695 |a Postmodernisme 
695 |a Afrocentrisme 
695 |a Panafricanisme 
695 |a Université 
695 |a Enseignement universitaire 
695 |a Centre de recherche 
695 |a Multiculturalisme 
695 |a Paradigme 
695 |a Epistémologie 
700 1 |a Martin, William G.,  |e ed. 
700 1 |a West, Michael O.  |e ed. 
900 |a AUTH 
942 |2 ddc  |c OUV 
952 |0 30899  |1 32555  |a Éric-de-Dampierre  |b L18454  |c DT 14 M379  |d Fonds général 
999 |a Éric-de-Dampierre  |b Ouvrage