| Writing at the Crossroads: Black World Essays Contributor(s): Harris, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1466227710 ISBN-13: 9781466227712 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - African American |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.24" W x 7.99" (0.74 lbs) 322 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Writing at The Crossroads: Black World Essays is an interdisciplinary collection of essays shaped by the forces that gave rise to the Modern Black Studies Movement. The essays trace both the development of the Black Studies Movement, and the evolution of one of the discipline's important scholar-practitioners-Dr. Norman Harris. The essays are introduced by a prologue that establishes a framework consistent with the way African people have traditionally made sense of the world. From there, Harris uses Karenga's Nguzo Saba to organize the essays into three sections. The first section of essays is titled, "Kujichagulia and Literary Analysis;" the second section is titled "Nia: From theory to Practice;" and the third section is titled "Imani: Situating 21st Century Learning." Together, these three sections chart a path from more or less traditional academic scholarship to forms of scholarship, advocacy and institution building that are the cornerstone of the Black Studies Movement. This is an important book for any one wishing to understand the development of Black Studies, and Black Intellectual History. |