Qualitative Methods in Africana Studies

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I General Research Methods
Chapter 1 Methods of Research
Helen Walker
Chapter 2 Publishing Qualitative Research
Mary Lee Smith
Section II Oral History Research Methods
Chapter 3 Oral History as a Primary Resource in Educational Research
Harriette McAdoo
Chapter 4 The Undefining of Oral Tradition
David William Cohen
Chapter 5 Toward Theory and Method with the Jazz Oral History Project
Ron Welburn
Section III Multicultural and Race Studies
Chapter 6 Race and Ideology: An Essay in Black Sociology
Robert Staples
Chapter 7 African American Scholarship and the Evolution of Multicultural Education
James A. Banks
Chapter 8 W. E. B. Du Bois and the Atlanta University Studies on the Negro
Elliott M. Rudwick
Chapter 9 Comparative Research Methodology: Cross-Cultural Studies
Richard W. Brislin
Section IV Autobiography and Biography and Research Methods
Chapter 10 The Environment as Enemy in a Black Autobiography: Manchild in the Promised Land
Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Chapter 11 A New Method of Teaching Biography
Fred A. Bennett
Chapter 12 The Biographical Approach in American History
Marion Dargan
Chapter 13 Biography as an Instrument of Moral Instruction
Robert Partin
Section V Afrocentric Perspectives and Research Methods
Chapter 14 The African-Centered Worldview toward a Paradigm for Social Work
Mekada J. Graham
Chapter 15 A Discourse on Black Studies: Liberating the Study of African People in the Western Academy
Molefi Kete Asante
Chapter 16 The Deep Structure of Culture: Relevance of Traditional African Culture in Contemporary Life
Linda James Myers
Chapter 17 The Four Corners of a Circle: Afrocentricity as a Model of Synthesis
Ayele Bekerie
Chapter 18 The Afrocentric Paradigm: Contours And Definitions
Ama Mazama
Chapter 19 Research Methods in Africana Studies
Sheena Garrant
Section VI Reflexive Qualitative Methods
Chapter 20 Qualitative Research in Africana Studies
Kelly Jacobs
Chapter 21 The Essential Function and Value of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
Sharoma Scurry-Graves
Chapter 22 African Diaspora: Heuristics & Perspective within the Africana Studies Disciplinary Framework
Ifetayo M. Flannery
Chapter 23 The Negative Imagery of Hip Hop: A Brief Analysis
Kevin B. Thompson
Chapter 24 Research Paper: The Critical Need For Authentic African-Centered Paradigms in Today’s Classroom
Linda Burgess
Chapter 25 An Historical Analysis of Access for African Americans into Institutions of Higher Education and the Emergence of Response Minority Access Initiatives
Toya Conston, Patricia Rehak, Amber Mollhagen
Chapter 26 Pedagogy, Intersection, and Research: A Case Study of Teaching Qualitative Research
Methods in Africana Studies
James L. Conyers, Jr., Ph.D.
Chapter 27 Gendering Africana Studies: Toward a New Philosophical Orientation in Black Women Studies
Valethia Watkins J.D., Ph.D.
Index
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