{"product_id":"african-american-studies","title":"African American Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e African American Studies (Hardcover, 328 pages) – Edinburgh University Press, 2021. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis book brings together chapters authored by leading African American Studies\/Black Studies scholars in the USA and the UK. It focuses on the roots of the discipline, reaching back to early brilliant Black intellectuals, discusses the historical and epistemological development of formal Black Studies, setting these in their socio-political contexts, and presents research methodologies and guidelines that are appropriate and valid for people of African descent. A number of chapters direct attention to the discipline’s longstanding commitment to social responsibility with chapters that focus on arts and activism, service learning and civic engagement, and present tangible examples for students. The book concludes with chapters on diverse research topics inclusive of history and gender, literature, sport, music, representation in comic books, afrofuturism, and the Black Studies Movement in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n        About the Author   Professor Jeanette R. (Carlisle) Davidson was born and raised in Scotland. She has a BA (Hons) in English Literature from the University of Strathclyde and an MSSW and PhD in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington. Prior to beginning her career in the academy, Davidson worked as a social work practitioner and clinician. She is currently on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. She has published extensively in the areas of African and African American Studies and Social Work and is the editor of African American Studies (Edinburgh University Press, 2010 and 2021). In 2025, she received the Lifetime Contribution Award from the National Council for Black Studies. Jeanette Davidson is Professor Emerita of African and African American Studies and Social Work, University of Oklahoma.      ","brand":"Jeanette R. Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46070952558826,"sku":"9781474487733","price":118.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/71qdvUvd4xL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781274876","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/african-american-studies","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}