{"product_id":"africanamerican-pioneers-in-anthropology-9780252067365","title":"AfricanAmerican Pioneers in Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis pathbreaking collection of intellectual biographies is the first to probe the careers of thirteen early African American anthropologists, detailing both their achievements and their struggle with the latent and sometimes blatant racism of the times. Invaluable to historians of anthropology, this collection will also be useful to readers interested in Black studies and biography. Includes entries on: Caroline Bond Day, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Eugene King, Laurence Foster, W. Montague, Cobb, Katherine Dunham, Ellen Irene Diggs, Allison Davis, St. Clair Drake, Arthur Huff Fauset, William S. Willis Jr., Hubert Barnes Ross, Elliot Skinner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An invaluable volume that documents the courage, strength, and fortitude of the first African American scholars to explore the discursive terrain of anthropology. . . . A veritable treasure trove that every anthropologist needs on the shelf. . . . Put this book on your syllabus if you want to address the major theoretical developments \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e the legacy of racism and sexism and contributions to anthropology made by women and people of color.\" --Lee D. Baker, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We owe the editors and contributors of \u003ci\u003e African-American Pioneers in Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e a debt of gratitude for their contributions to racial diversity in anthropology, as well as to the anthropological study of race and racism. The scholarship displayed in the volume compels anthropologists to rethink their discipline's history and its current concerns.\"--\u003ci\u003eTransforming Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: Anthropology, African Americans, and the Emancipation of a Subjugated Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Faye V. Harrison and Ira E. Harrison            1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1. Caroline Bond Day: Pioneer Black Physical Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hubert B. Ross, Amelia Marie Adams, and Lynne Mallory Williams            37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e2. Feminism and Black Culture in the Ethnography of Zora Neale Hurston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gwendolyn Mikell            51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e3. Louis Eugene King, the Anthropologist Who Never Was\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ira E. Harrison            70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e4. Laurence Foster: Anthropologist, Scholar, and Social Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yolanda Moses            85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e5. W. Montague Cobb: Physical Anthropologist, Anatomist, and Activist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lesley M. Rankin-Hill and Michael L. Blakey            101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e6. Katherine Dunham: Anthropologist, Artist, Humanist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joyce Aschenbrenner            137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e7. Ellen Irene Diggs: Coming of Age in Atlanta, Havana, and Baltimore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. Lynn Bolles            154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e8. Across Class and Culture: Allison Davis and His Works\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dallas L. Browne            168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e9. St. Clair Drake: Scholar and Activist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Willie L. Baber            191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e10. Arthur Huff Fauset, Campaigner for Social Justice: A Symphony of Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Carole H. Carpenter            213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e11. Skeletons in the Anthropological Closet: The Life and Work of William S. Willis Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peggy Reeves Sanday            243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e12. Hubert B. Ross, the Anthropologist Who Was\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ira E. Harrison            265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e13. The Continuing Dialogue: The Life and Work of Elliot Skinner as Exemplar of the African-American\/African Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cheryl Mwaria            274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e            293","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534925758807,"sku":"9780252067365","price":29.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252067365.jpg?v=1755858085","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/africanamerican-pioneers-in-anthropology-9780252067365","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}