ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the many racially-charged images that have burst across our television screens in the last year alone, images that show that for all our complacent beliefs in a melting-pot society, race is as much of a problem as everin America. In this vastly important, widely-acclaimed volume, Kwame Anthony Appiah, a Ghanaian philosopher who now teaches at Harvard, explores, in his words, "the possibilities andpitfalls of an African identity in the late twentieth century." In the process he sheds new light on what it means to be an African-American, on the many preconceptions that have muddled discussions of race, Africa, and Afrocentrism since the end of the nineteenth century, and, in the end, to move beyond the idea of race. In My Father's House is especially wide-ranging, covering everything from Pan Africanism, to the works of early African-American intellectuals suchas Alexander Crummell and W.E.B. Du Bois, to the ways in which African identity influences African literature. In his discussion of the latter subject, Appiah demonstrates how attempts to construct a uniquelyAfrican literature have ignored ...
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New York |Oxford OUP USA 1993 Trade paperback New in new dust jacket.

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press, New York] Softcover Minor discoloration to pages. Minor wear along the edges, tips, and spine. Minor rubbing wear to covers. Book may contain some residual odor from prior storage.
[Naperville, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS] Softcover
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the many racially-charged images that have burst across our television screens in the last year alone, images that show that for all our complacent beliefs in a melting-pot society, race is as much of a problem as everin America. In this vastly important, widely-acclaimed volume, Kwame Anthony Appiah, a Ghanaian philosopher who now teaches at Harvard, explores, in his words, "the possibilities andpitfalls of an African identity in the late twentieth century." In the process he sheds new light on what it means to be an African-American, on the many preconceptions that have muddled discussions of race, Africa, and Afrocentrism since the end of the nineteenth century, and, in the end, to move beyond the idea of race. In My Father's House is especially wide-ranging, covering everything from Pan Africanism, to the works of early African-American intellectuals suchas Alexander Crummell and W.E.B. Du Bois, to the ways in which African identity influences African literature. In his discussion of the latter subject, Appiah demonstrates how attempts to construct a uniquelyAfrican literature have ignored ...
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Oxford University Press, Date: 1993-05-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1993. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195068521 9780195068528 [US]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover In this vastly important, widely-acclaimed volume, Appiah, a Ghanaian philosopher who now teaches at Harvard, explores what it means to be an African American, on the many preconceptions that have muddled discussions of face, Africa, and Afrocentrism since the end of the 19th century. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384. . 1993. Paperback. . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover
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