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Category Archives: African American Studies
Gendered Resistance Awarded an International AAHGS Book Award
in African American Studies, awards, women
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We are pleased to announce Gendered Resistance: Women, Slavery, and the Legacy of Margaret Garner, edited by Mary E. Frederickson and Delores M. Walters has won an International AAHGS Book Award from the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS). The … Continue reading
Celebrating Chicago Blues
in African American Studies, blues, Chicago, culture, ethnomusicology, music
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This fall we have two new books on the Chicago Blues scene that celebrate the city’s incredible musicians and their legacy. Celebrate with us and check out our books on Chicago Blues and some interesting articles in American Music. Blues … Continue reading
Expanding Our Open Access Publishing
in African American Studies, announcement, feminist studies, open access, women's history
Tagged open access
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We are pleased to announce that we will make three timely books open access or partial access in the coming months. UIP has embraced open access publishing as part of its core mission to disseminate scholarship. The journal World History Connected … Continue reading
Q&A with Hannah Durkin, author of “Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham”
in African American Studies, author commentary, black studies, dance, film, Q&A
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Hannah Durkin is a lecturer in literature and film at Newcastle University. She is a coeditor of Visualising Slavery: Art Across the African Diaspora. She recently answered some questions about her new book, Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema. … Continue reading
Keisha Lindsay wins Michael Harrington Book Award for “In a Classroom of Their Own”
in African American Studies, awards, education
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We are pleased to announce that In a Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All-Black Male Schools by Keisha Lindsay has won the 2019 Michael Harrington Book Award from the New Political Science Caucus … Continue reading
Remembering Niara Sudarkasa
in African American Studies, anthropology, excerpt
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The following is an excerpt from Erica Lorraine Williams’s chapter “Niara Sudarkasa: Inspiring Black Women’s Leadership” in The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology edited by Ira E. Harrison, Deborah Johnson-Simon, and Erica Lorraine Williams. Remembering Niara Sudarkasa Pioneering … Continue reading
Peter Cole wins Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for “Dockworker Power”
in African American Studies, american history, authors, awards, black studies, labor history
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We are pleased to announce that Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area by Peter Cole was a co-winner of the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, awarded by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and … Continue reading
Cicero M. Fain III on “Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story”
in African American Studies, american history, Appalachian studies, author commentary, authors, Q&A
Tagged Appalachia, Huntington, West Virginia
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Cicero M. Fain III is a professor of history at the College of Southern Maryland. He recently answered some questions about his new book Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story. _______________________________________ Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I decided … Continue reading
Rediscovering the Black Arts Movement, Jonathan Fenderson on Hoyt Fuller
in African American Studies, american history, American literature, authors, black studies, culture, new books, Q&A
Tagged Black Arts Movement, Hoyt Fuller
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Jonathan Fenderson is an assistant professor of African and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He recently answered some questions about his new book Building the Black Arts Movement: Hoyt Fuller and the Cultural Politics of the 1960s. … Continue reading
Angelique Harris on “Emotions, Feelings, and Social Change”
in African American Studies, author commentary, authors, Authors on Issues, black studies, culture, feminist studies, gender studies, journals, sexuality studies
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Dr. Angelique Harris is the founding director of the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies and the Gender and Sexualities Studies Program and is an associate professor of sociology in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. … Continue reading