The Root of Roots: Or, How Afro-American Anthropology Got its Start

by Richard Price, Sally Price

Anthropological iconoclasts Richard and Sally Price have spent the last two decades not only creating an unparalleled oeuvre of scholarship in several areas of anthropology but also unabashedly calling foul on any untenable or patronizing concepts of "us" and "them," "primitive" and "modern," that cross their path. For this pamphlet, they crack the yellowing diaries kept by Melville and Frances Herskovits on their famous 1920s expedition deep into the South American jungle, exposing—with their trademark combination of deadpan wit and theoretical rigor—the origins of the field that has come to be known as African diaspora studies.

Genres: Anthropology

104 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

About the author

https://www.richandsally.net
and Inside/Outside: Adventures in Caribbean History and Anthropology