The lost black scholar : resurrecting Allison Davis in American social thought /

In 'The Lost Black Scholar', David A. Varel tells Davis's compelling story, showing how a combination of institutional racism, disciplinary eclecticism, and iconoclastic thinking effectively sidelined him as an intellectual. A close look at Davis's career sheds light not only on...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Varel, David A. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Sujets:
Davis, Allison, > 1902-1983.
Davis, Allison, > 1902-1983
University of Chicago > Biography.
University of Chicago
African American anthropologists > Biography.
African American college teachers > Biography.
African American educators > Biography.
African American scholars > Biography.
Anthropologues noirs américains > Biographies.
Professeurs noirs américains (Enseignement supérieur) > Biographies.
Éducateurs noirs américains > Biographies.
Savants noirs américains > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
African American anthropologists
African American college teachers
African American educators
African American scholars
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Coming of age during Jim Crow
  • Harlem from Hampton
  • The making of a social anthropologist
  • Into the southern "wilds"
  • Caste, class, and personality
  • Bending the academic color line
  • Critiquing middle-class culture
  • Rethinking intelligence
  • From Brown v. Board to Head Start
  • Conclusion.

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