African-American Pioneers in Anthropology
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Allison Davis
Arthur Huff Fauset
Caroline Bond Day
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Cobb
Ellen Irene Diggs
Elliot Skinner
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Hubert Barnes Ross
Katherine Dunham
Laurence Foster
Louis Eugene King
St. Clair Drake
W. Montague
William S. Willis Jr.
Zora Neale Hurston
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- ISBN 9780252067365
- Weight: 481g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 1998
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This pathbreaking collection of intellectual biographies is the first to probe the careers of thirteen early African American anthropologists, detailing both their achievements and their struggle with the latent and sometimes blatant racism of the times. Invaluable to historians of anthropology, this collection will also be useful to readers interested in Black studies and biography. Includes entries on: Caroline Bond Day, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Eugene King, Laurence Foster, W. Montague, Cobb, Katherine Dunham, Ellen Irene Diggs, Allison Davis, St. Clair Drake, Arthur Huff Fauset, William S. Willis Jr., Hubert Barnes Ross, Elliot Skinner.
Ira E. Harrison (1933-2020) was a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a founding member of the Association of Black Anthropologists. He was the coauthor of The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology and coauthor of Ethnicity and the Health Belief Systems. Faye V. Harrison is a professor of African American studies and anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her books include Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age.
