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A sociological dilemma : race, segregation and US sociology

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Bhambra, Gurminder K. (2014) A sociological dilemma : race, segregation and US sociology. Current Sociology, Volume 62 (Number 4). pp. 472-492. doi:10.1177/0011392114524506

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Abstract

US sociology has been historically segregated in that, at least until the 1960s, there were two distinct institutionally organized traditions of sociological thought – one black and one white. For the most part, however, dominant historiographies have been silent on that segregation and, at best, reproduce it when addressing the US sociological tradition. This is evident in the rarity with which scholars such as WEB Du Bois, E Franklin Frazier, Oliver Cromwell Cox, or other ‘African American Pioneers of Sociology’, as Saint-Arnaud calls them, are presented as core sociological voices within histories of the discipline. This article addresses the absence of African American sociologists from the US sociological canon and, further, discusses the implications of this absence for our understanding of core sociological concepts. With regard to the latter, the article focuses in particular on the debates around equality and emancipation and discusses the ways in which our understanding of these concepts could be extended by taking into account the work of African American sociologists and their different interpretations of core themes.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Sociology -- History, Sociology -- United States, African American sociologists -- United States, Segregation
Journal or Publication Title: Current Sociology
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 0011-3921
Official Date: July 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
July 2014Published
19 March 2014Available
Volume: Volume 62
Number: Number 4
Page Range: pp. 472-492
DOI: 10.1177/0011392114524506
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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