Race and the Writing of History - Riddling the Sphinx

Zusatztext This useful book, which is a significant contribution to Oxford University Press's Race and American Culture series, is a sophisticated defense of Afrocentrism...Indeed, Keita's analysis of Snowden's paradoxes and ironies is a substantial contribution to our existing knowledge...This excellent work complements but does not supercede older works by Wilson Jeremiah Moses and Stephen Howe-neither of whom, surprisingly, is cited in Keita's book. Nevertheless, Race and the Writing of History should be must reading for professional historians. Klappentext This study examines the role of race in the construction of history and the validation of knowledge. Using Martin Bernal's Black Athena and its critiques as an entrée into the historical inquiries of African American intellectuals and many of their African counterparts, Keita engages the contested legacy of writing history in America. Ranging from 1700 BCE to the late twentieth century, he offers a new perspective on the challenge of building new historiographies and epistemologies. Zusammenfassung This study examines the role of race in the construction of history. Using the historical inquiries of African American and African intellectuals, Keita analyzes the writing of history in America. Ranging from 1700 BCE to the 1990s, he offers the challenge of building new historiographies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Race and Historiography 2: Blackness in Ancient History: Criticism and Critique 3: Historiography and Black Historians 4: Carter G. Woodson 5: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois 6: William Leo Hansberry 7: Frank M. Snowden, Jr. 8: Through a Glass Darkly: Afrocentrism 9: The Thesis and Its Refinement 10: Reprise: Conclusion by Way of Continuity

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maghan Keita, Maghan (Assistant Professor and Director of Keita, Keita Maghan
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.12.2000
• EAN: 9780195112740
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511274-0
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Race and American Culture; Race and American Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Africa, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies