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Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge is the first full-scale biography of the trailblazing anthropologist of African and African American cultures. Born into a world of racial hierarchy, Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963) employed physical anthropology and ethnography to under...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gershenhorn, Jerry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Colección:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
Temas:
Herskovits, Melville J. > (Melville Jean), > 1895-1963.
Herskovits, Melville J. > (Melville Jean), > 1895-1963
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Anthropologists > Africa, West > Biography.
African Americans > Anthropometry.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Racism in anthropology > United States.
Cultural relativism > Africa, West.
African diaspora.
Self-determination, National > Africa, West.
Anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Anthropologues > Afrique occidentale > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Anthropométrie.
Noirs américains > Mœurs et coutumes.
Racisme en anthropologie > États-Unis.
Relativisme culturel > Afrique occidentale.
Africains > Pays étrangers.
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > Afrique occidentale.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
African Americans > Anthropometry
African Americans > Social life and customs
African diaspora
Anthropologists
Cultural relativism
Manners and customs
Racism in anthropology
Self-determination, National
Africa, West > Social life and customs.
Afrique occidentale > Mœurs et coutumes.
West Africa
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; 1. Herman Herskovits; 2. Franz Boas; 3. Melville and Frances Herskovits; 4. Herskovits with Suriname artifact; 5. Carter G. Woodson; 7. Ralph Bunche; 8. Gunnar Myrdal; 9. E. Franklin Frazier; 10. Herskovits at Northwestern University; 11. Herskovits and J. Roscoe Miller with Liberian president William V.S. Tubman; 12. Frances Herskovits; Series Editors' Introduction; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Making of an Anthropologist; 2. The Attack of Pseudoscientific Racism; 3. Transforming the Debate on Black Culture; 4. Subverting the Myth of the Negro Past.
  • 5. Objectivity and the Development of Negro Studies6. The Postwar Expansion of African Studies; 7. Foreign Policy Critic; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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