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“Sons Of Adam”: Text, Context, And The Early Modern African Subject, Herman L. Bennett

Publications and Research

Seeking to dislodge the prism that a singular political practice—represented as the story from savage to slave—informed the slave trade, this essay points to a distinct genealogy shaping the earliest encounters between Europeans and Africans.

Issue 04, Cariso!Summer 2005, Columbia College Chicago

Cariso! The Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute newsletter

Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: "Performance Forum on VI Music and Dance Traditions", "CBMR Rockefeller Resident Fellows for 2005-06", "March 2005 Lecture and Summit", "AMRI Holds First Workshop for Teachers", "Family of the 'Duke of Iron' Donates Instrument to the People of the Virgin Islands", "Upcoming AMRI Events", "Brown Girl in the Ring and Other Game Songs of the U.S. Virgin Islands", "Stanley …

Review: Black Feminist Cultural Criticism By Jacqueline Bobo: Feminism Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics By Bell Hooks: Feminist Theory: From Margin To Center By Bell Hooks, Daphne Lamothe

Africana Studies: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Black Women Of Today: Oral History Project, George Junne

Africana Studies Faculty Publications

A Class Project Conducted by the Students of AFS 102 "The Black Woman in America."

From the introduction: During spring semester 2005, I taught AFS 102, "The Black Woman in America." While developing the syllabus I decided to present an assignment that would incorporate the class material but also would be more than a paper that would be read and returned. Therefore, I decided that each student would have to interview a Black woman—African American or mixed-race—and submit that work for limited distribution in a compilation.

Issue 03, Cariso! Winter 2005, Columbia College Chicago

Cariso! The Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute newsletter

Cariso! is the newsletter of the Alton Augustus Adams Music Research Institute (AMRI), which was located in the U. S. Virgin Islands and operated by the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago from 1999 to 2006. Issue articles include: ""Christmas with the Ancestors: Jonkonnu and Related Festivities in Jamaica", "New AMRI Hours", "St. John People Love and Honor Their Elder Musicians", "Support from VICA", "St. Croix Colloquium" , "Rockefeller Fellow Dr. Kennth Bilby Lectures on Jonkonnu", "Teaching the Music of Alton Adams", "Tra-la-la-la-la: Music in the U.S. Virgin Islands", "The 2004=05 Rockefeller Fellows". Issue 3, 12 pages.

Review Of: Black And White Women's Travel Narratives: Antebellum Explorations By Cheryl J. Fish, Daphne Lamothe

Africana Studies: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Gloria Naylor's Mama Day: Bridging Roots And Routes, Daphne Lamothe

Africana Studies: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Everyday Antiracism: Competence And Religion In The Cultural Repertoire Of The African American Elite, Michèle Lamont, Crystal M. Fleming

Africana Studies: Faculty Publications

This exploratory study makes a contribution to the literature on antiracism by unpacking the cultural categories through which everyday antiracism is experienced and practiced by extraordinarily successful African Americans. Using a phenomenological approach, we focus on processes of classification to analyze the criteria that members of the African American elite mobilize to compare racial groups and establish their equality. We first summarize results from earlier work on the antiracist strategies of White and African American workers. Second, drawing upon in-depth interviews with members of the Black elite, we show that demonstrating intelligence and competence, and gaining knowledge, are particularly valued …