Nation and the Cold War
Reflections on the Circuitous Routes of African Diaspora Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11269109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Brock (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2009 |
| Issue | 103 |
| Pages | 7-15 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radical History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-6545 • E-ISSN: 1534-1453 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01636545-2008-029 |
| OpenAlex | W2063639947 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This essay reflects on the history of the African diaspora—both as an academic and as a political project. The study of black peoples in academic organizations from 1945 to 1990 problematically formed part of civil rights, nation-building, and Cold War agendas. The result: a distancing and isolation of people in the diaspora from each other. Today there is an explosion of African diaspora studies in the academy, but what of the political project
Cold war · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Diaspora · Distancing · Isolation (microbiology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |