{"product_id":"the-african-diaspora-and-the-disciplines-paperback-softback-9780253221919","title":"The African Diaspora and the Disciplines (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253221919","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe African Diaspora and the Disciplines\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTejumola Olaniyan (Edited by), James H. Sweet (Edited by), Kim D. Butler (Contributions by), Richard Price (Contributions by), Fatimah L. C. Jackson (Contributions by), Latifa F. J. Borgelin (Contributions by), Judith A. Carney (Contributions by), Theresa A. Singleton (Contributions by), Paget Henry (Contributions by), Robert Fatton Jr. (Contributions by), Olúfémi Táíwò (Contributions by), Sandra L. Richards (Contributions by), Melvin L. Butler (Contributions by), Grant Farred (Contributions by), Carolyn Cooper (Contributions by), Xolela Mangcu (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253221919\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Overall, this collection is a very timely and useful contribution to the slowly emerging body of studies of the African diasporas.\"—\u003ci\u003eCentre for African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The African Diaspora and the Disciplines is a cutting-edge publication that is long overdue. Apart from general readers, it can be recommended for upper-level African diaspora courses and graduate theory and methods courses. Its discussion of genetic diasporas in particular will serve as a scientific and biological bridge linking New World black diasporic ideation about notions of a \"homeland\" and the environs where these homes sprouted prior to the Middle Passage.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrica Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The African Diaspora and the Disciplines . . . ranks as an excellent contribution to the growing field [of African diaspora studies]. . . . [I]t is a cogent, suggestive work that will energize scholars across the disciplines to further mine this rich vein.\"—\u003ci\u003epostcolonialnetworks.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The volume as a whole reflects a courageous effort: it goes beyond empirical specifics of the African diaspora to provide an interim report on intellectual work crossing the boundaries of national units and disciplinary boxes. Vol. 52.2, 2011\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of African History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Opens the way for a still emergent field, emergent in its attention to how global histories and processes figure in geographic regions and subjects beyond the Cold War configuration of regional political alliances.\"—Paulla Ebron, \u003ci\u003eStanford University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Truly remarkable, innovative, important, and critical scholarship that is unparalleled in its interventions at the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological levels.\"—Percy Hintzen, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of California, Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the problems and conflicts of doing African diaspora research from various disciplinary perspectives, these essays situate, describe, and reflect on the current practice of diaspora scholarship. Tejumola Olaniyan, James H. Sweet, and the international group of contributors assembled here seek to enlarge understanding of how the diaspora is conceived and explore possibilities for the future of its study. With the aim of initiating interdisciplinary dialogue on the practice of African diaspora studies, they emphasize learning from new perspectives that take advantage of intersections between disciplines. Ultimately, they advocate a fuller sense of what it means to study the African diaspora in a truly global way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ Tejumola Olaniyan and James H. Sweet\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Histories\u003cbr\u003e 1. Clio and the Griot: The African Diaspora in the Discipline of History \/ Kim D. Butler\u003cbr\u003e 2. African Diaspora and Anthropology \/ Richard Price\u003cbr\u003e 3. How Genetics Can Provide Detail to the Transatlantic African Diaspora \/ Fatimah L. C. Jackson and Latifa F. J. Borgelin\u003cbr\u003e 4. Landscapes and Places of Memory: African Diaspora Research and Geography \/ Judith A. Carney\u003cbr\u003e 5. African Diaspora in Archaeology \/ Theresa A. Singleton\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Social Sciences\u003cbr\u003e 6. Caribbean Sociology, Africa, and the African Diaspora \/ Paget Henry\u003cbr\u003e 7. African Diaspora and Political Science \/ Robert Fatton Jr.\u003cbr\u003e 8. The African Diaspora and Philosophy \/ Olúfémi Táíwò\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Arts and Culture\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Function at the Junction\"? African Diaspora Studies and Theater Studies \/ Sandra L. Richards\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ethnomusicology and the African Diaspora \/ Melvin L. Butler\u003cbr\u003e 11. Semioptics of Africana Art History \/ Moyo Okediji\u003cbr\u003e 12. Out of Context: Thinking Cultural Studies Diasporically \/ Grant Farred\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Diaspora Contexts\u003cbr\u003e 13. African Diaspora Studies in the Creole-Anglophone Caribbean: A Perspective from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica \/ Carolyn Cooper\u003cbr\u003e 14. South Africa's Elusive Quest for an African Identity: The Ironies of a South Africa–Led African Renaissance \/ Xolela Mangcu\u003cbr\u003e 15. \"Black Folk Here and There\": Repositioning Other(ed) African Diaspora(s) in\/and \"Europe\" \/ Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52526018330904,"sku":"9780253221919","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-african-diaspora-and-the-disciplines-paperback-softback-9780253221919","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}