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- catalog abstract ""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 ethnographyy to undermine racist and hierarchical ways of thinking about humanity and to underscore the value of cultural diversity. His research in West Africa, the West Indies, and South America documented the far-reaching influence of African cultures in the Americas. He founded the first major interdisciplinary American program in African studies in 1948 at Northwestern University, and his controversial classic The Myth of the Negro past delineated African cultural influences on American blacks and showcased the vibrancy of African American culture. He also helped forge the concept of cultural relativism, particularly in his book Man and His Works. While Herskovits promoted African and African American studies, he criticized some activist black scholars, most notably Carter G. Woodson and W.E.B. Du Bois, whom he considered propagandists because of their social reform orientation." "After World War II, Herskovits became an outspoken public figure, advocating African independence and attacking American policymakers who treated Africa as an object of Cold War strategy. Drawing extensively on Herskovits's private papers and published works, Jerry Gershenhorn's biography recognizes Herskovits's many contributions and discusses the complex consequences of his conclusions, methodologies, and relations with African American scholars."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Melville J. Herskovits and the racial politics of knowledge".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13166740.
- catalog coverage "Africa, West Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""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 ethnographyy to undermine racist and hierarchical ways of thinking about humanity and to underscore the value of cultural diversity. His research in West Africa, the West Indies, and South America documented the far-reaching influence of African cultures in the Americas. He founded the first major interdisciplinary American program in African studies in 1948 at Northwestern University, and his controversial classic The Myth of the Negro past delineated African cultural influences on American blacks and showcased the vibrancy of African American culture. He also helped forge the concept of cultural relativism, particularly in his book Man and His Works. While Herskovits promoted African and African American studies, he criticized some activist black scholars, most notably Carter G. Woodson and W.E.B. Du Bois, whom he considered propagandists because of their social reform orientation." "After World War II, Herskovits became an outspoken public figure, advocating African independence and attacking American policymakers who treated Africa as an object of Cold War strategy. Drawing extensively on Herskovits's private papers and published works, Jerry Gershenhorn's biography recognizes Herskovits's many contributions and discusses the complex consequences of his conclusions, methodologies, and relations with African American scholars."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-327) and index.".
- catalog description "The making of an anthropologist -- The attack on pseudoscientific racism -- Transforming the debate on Black culture -- Subverting the myth of the Negro past -- Objectivity and the development of Negro studies -- The postwar expansion of African studies -- Foreign policy critic.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 338 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0803221878 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Critical studies in the history of anthropology".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "301/.092 B 22".
- catalog subject "African Americans Anthropometry.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "African diaspora.".
- catalog subject "Anthropologists Africa, West Biography.".
- catalog subject "Anthropologists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Cultural relativism Africa, West.".
- catalog subject "GN21.H47 G47 2004".
- catalog subject "Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.".
- catalog subject "Racism in anthropology United States.".
- catalog subject "Self-determination, National Africa, West.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The making of an anthropologist -- The attack on pseudoscientific racism -- Transforming the debate on Black culture -- Subverting the myth of the Negro past -- Objectivity and the development of Negro studies -- The postwar expansion of African studies -- Foreign policy critic.".
- catalog title "Melville J. Herskovits and the racial politics of knowledge / Jerry Gershenhorn.".
- catalog title "Melville J. Herskovits and the racial politics of knowledge".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".