| The Root of Roots: Or, How Afro-American Anthropology Got Its Start Contributor(s): Price, Richard (Author), Price, Sally (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0972819622 ISBN-13: 9780972819626 Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press OUR PRICE: $12.82 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2003 Annotation: Anthropological iconoclasts Richard and Sally Price have spent the last two decades not only creating an unparalleled oeuvre of scholarship in several areas of anthropology but also unabashedly calling foul on any untenable or patronizing concepts of "us" and "them," "primitive" and "modern," that cross their path. For this pamphlet, they crack the yellowing diaries kept by Melville and Frances Herskovits on their famous 1920s expedition deep into the South American jungle, exposing--with their trademark combination of deadpan wit and theoretical rigor--the origins of the field that has come to be known as African diaspora studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 301.092 |
| LCCN: 2003111001 |
| Series: Prickly Paradigm |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 4.58" W x 7.22" (0.20 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anthropological iconoclasts Richard and Sally Price have spent the last two decades not only creating an unparalleled oeuvre of scholarship in several areas of anthropology but also unabashedly calling foul on any untenable or patronizing concepts of us and them, primitive and modern, that cross their path. For this pamphlet, they crack the yellowing diaries kept by Melville and Frances Herskovits on their famous 1920s expedition deep into the South American jungle, exposing--with their trademark combination of deadpan wit and theoretical rigor--the origins of the field that has come to be known as African diaspora studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Price, Richard: - Richard Price is professor emeritus in American studies, anthropology, and history at the College of William and Mary. He also taught at Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Yale University, and elsewhere. He is the author of many books and continues to do fieldwork on the the Maroon peoples of Guiana, Suriname, and Martinique. |