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Herskovits at the Heart Of Blackness
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Who has the authority to define a culture-especially if people from that culture are denied the opportunity to engage in the scholarly discourse of defining themselves? Is there a politics of knowl...
Who has the authority to define a culture-especially if people from that culture are denied the opportunity to engage in the scholarly discourse of defining themselves? Is there a politics of knowledge? This program examines these questions through a look at the career of pioneering anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits. A son of Jewish immigrants, Herskovits played a decisive role in shaping modern African-American identities. He established the first African Studies Center at an American university and authored the seminal Myth of the Negro Past, yet much of his work was criticized by blacks and whites alike. This documentary traces Herskovits' development as a scholar of the shared African-American and Jewish experiences of oppression to his establishment as one of the most controversial intellectuals of the 20th century.
Details
- Creator
- California Newsreel (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn820954321
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 03, 2012.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Herskovits, a Social Paradox (2:52) -- Finding a Place in America (2:56) -- Looking for Social Justice (2:22) -- Cult Consciousness (1:33) -- Melville J. Herskovits, a Young Radical (2:41) -- Undermining the Race Concept (3:21) -- Understanding Cultures From the Inside (1:56) -- Fascinated With Cultural Phenomena (3:28) -- Cultural Relativism (2:14) -- Formal Cultural Connections (2:24) -- Herskovits' Reign (2:38) -- Authority is the Voice of the Universe (4:22) -- Teaching Another Culture (1:18) -- Researching Race In America (2:44) -- Debate Over African Culture (3:29) -- Agitating Colonial Rule (2:36) -- Decolonization of Africa (2:47) -- A Major Force No Longer on Earth (1:30) -- Racism, an Intractable Problem? (2:24) -- Race in Anthropology (3:09) -- Legitimizing Ideas (1:28) -- Credits: Herskovits at the Heart Of Blackness (2:13)