Open AccessCENTERING BLACK WOMEN: A Black Feminist Critique of Mainstream Anthropology from the Margins of an HBCU
Author(s) -
WILLIAMS ERICA LORRAINE
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
cultural anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.669
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1548-1360
pISSN - 0886-7356
DOI - 10.14506/ca37.3.04
Subject(s) - mainstream , black women , gender studies , sociology , anthropology , black feminism , political science , law
Anthropology must urgently move away from the mainstream canon that excludes the groundbreaking work of Black women anthropologists. I argue that a Historically Black College for women offers a unique site in which one can center Black women in anthropology in novel ways. I offer specific examples of texts that I teach by Black women authors within and beyond anthropology, and the pedagogical strategies I use to challenge students to re(write) anthropology from the margins.