Rooted in the Chants of Slaves, Blacks in the Humanities, 1985-1997: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

by Donald Franklin Joyce (Editor)

Overview

Blacks have made tremendous contributions in the humanities since the 1985 publication of Blacks in the Humanities, 1750-1984. In philosophy, for example, Black philosophers are writing treatises on Hegel, St. Augustine, and Kant as well as on racial issues. African American folklore, an area neglected by many scholars, is being examined by Black folklorists. Pioneering photographers and artists have made contributions to the visual arts, and Black contributions to the performing arts are becoming more widely noted than ever before.

This bibliography includes sources published in the last twelve years, documenting Black achievements in the humanities, including accomplishments in philosophy, religion, libraries and librarianship, jourbanalism, folklore, linguistics, visual arts, the performing arts, music, and literary criticism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313304774
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/1999
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies , #38
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

DONALD FRANKLIN JOYCE is Dean of Library and Media Services at Austin Peay State University. He is the author of Gatekeepers of Black Culture: Black-Owned Book Publishing in the United States, 1817-1981 (Greenwood, 1983), Blacks in the Humanities, 1750-1984: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1986), and Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990 (Greenwood, 1991).

Table of Contents

Introduction
General Reference Works: An Overview
In The Wake of Alain Locke: Blacks in Philosophy
In Search of Salvation: Blacks in Religion
The Legacy of Edward Christopher Williams: Blacks in Libraries and Librarianship
Defenders of the Race: Blacks in Jourbanalism
Blacks Souls Expressed: Blacks in Folklore
Signifying and Rapping: Blacks in Linguistics
Witnessing: Blacks in the Visual Arts
Greasepaint and Other Things: Blacks in the Performing Arts
Singing, Hymning, Souling and Rapping: Blacks in Music
Critiquing the Black Muse: Black Literary Criticism
Index

Editorial Reviews

Extends the coverage of the 1986 to 1997. Joyce (library and media services, Austin Peay State U.) describes or summarizes over 500 published and unpublished sources in the humanities by and about Black Americans. The genres include references, treatises and commentaries, biographical works, periodical articles, and dissertations; catalogues and art exhibitions are added for the visual arts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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