The African Diaspora: Using the Multivalent Theory to Understand Slave Autobiographies

Autor/in	Morehouse, Maggi M.
Titel	The African Diaspora: Using the Multivalent Theory to Understand Slave Autobiographies
Quelle	In: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 1 (2007) 3, S.199-216 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-5692
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Autobiographies; Foreign Countries; Slavery; Migration; Blacks; History; Theories; Identification (Psychology); Research Methodology; Guidelines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Ausland; Sklaverei; Black person; Schwarzer; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Theory; Theorie; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Richtlinien
Abstract	In simple terms, diaspora can be defined as the identity community that is formed when people move. Although the term African Diaspora seems relatively new, a number of 20th century scholars have utilized a diasporic framework to explain the commonalities among people of African descent around the world. The earliest scholars did not use the term; however, scholars post-1950 have consistently used the analytical concept when studying and describing Black communities that were dispersed from Africa and germinated in the New World. This article highlights the competing attempts at theorizing the African Diaspora from its earliest proponents to its more contemporary adherents. Finally, this article illustrates the usefulness of the multivalent concept by applying the framework to slave autobiographies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10