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In this open access book, pre-eminent scholar and activist James B. Stewart offers a much-needed critical assessment of the current state of Black/Africana studies. In three equally groundbreaking sections, Stewart clarifies and refines the distinctive approaches that currently define the field; shows how creative production in particular can serve as a unique means of cultural analysis and political mobilization; and suggests how to restore the balance between intellectual inquiry and direct action in order to improve the actual lived experiences of people of African descent. Each section incorporates various forms of expression, including Stewart's essays, speeches, and poems, and the book as a whole covers a vast range of figures, issues, and phenomena, from W. B, Du Bois to James Baldwin, from conscious hip-hop to the Black Lives Matter movement, from Hurricane Katrina to Covid-19, and very much in between. Written with an accessible authoritativeness few Black/Africana scholar-activists can match, Stewart offers a must-read not only for researchers, but also for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students interested in Black/Africana studies, diaspora studies, ethnic studies, Black womanist/feminist studies, and American studies, as well as in African American history, culture, politics, economics, literature, and philosophy. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
- About The Author
- James B. Stewart is Professor Emeritus at Penn State University, USA. He is former President of the National Council for Black Studies and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History; Senior Fellow in the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at the New School, USA; and author of numerous books, including Flight: In Search of Vision and Introduction to Black Studies, Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781350380288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Zed Books, (27 June 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 272
- Weight
- 440 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 232 x 156 x 16 mm
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