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Against a backdrop of multiculturalism and Afrocentricity in the
intellectual traditions of African-American Studies, this book sets
new standards and directions for the future. It is the first book
to systematically address the many themes that have changed the
political and social landscape for African Americans. Among these
changes are new transnational processes of globalization, the
devastating impact of neoliberal public policies upon urban
minority communities, increasing imprisonment and attendant loss of
voting rights especially among black males, the surging of Hispanic
population, and widening class differences as deindustrialization,
crack cocaine, and gentrification entered urban communities.Marable
and a cast of influential contributors suggest that a new beginning
is needed for African American scholarship. They explain why Black
Studies needs to break its conceptual and thematic limitations,
exploring "blackness" in new ways and in different geographic
sites. They outline the major intersectionalities that should shape
a new Black Studies - the complex relationships between race,
gender, sexuality, class and youth. They argue that
African-American Studies scholarship must help shape and redirect
public policies that affect black communities, working with
government, foundations and other private institutions on such
issues as housing, health care, and criminal justice.
Against a backdrop of multiculturalism and Afrocentricity in the
intellectual traditions of African-American Studies, this book sets
new standards and directions for the future. It is the first book
to systematically address the many themes that have changed the
political and social landscape for African Americans. Among these
changes are new transnational processes of globalization, the
devastating impact of neoliberal public policies upon urban
minority communities, increasing imprisonment and attendant loss of
voting rights especially among black males, the surging of Hispanic
population, and widening class differences as deindustrialization,
crack cocaine, and gentrification entered urban communities.Marable
and a cast of influential contributors suggest that a new beginning
is needed for African American scholarship. They explain why Black
Studies needs to break its conceptual and thematic limitations,
exploring "blackness" in new ways and in different geographic
sites. They outline the major intersectionalities that should shape
a new Black Studies - the complex relationships between race,
gender, sexuality, class and youth. They argue that
African-American Studies scholarship must help shape and redirect
public policies that affect black communities, working with
government, foundations and other private institutions on such
issues as housing, health care, and criminal justice.
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