Melville J. Herskovits and the racial politics of knowledge /

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gershenhorn, Jerry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Series:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
Subjects:
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.
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