| Contentious Curricula: Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools Subjects: Curriculum change -- United States; Social movements -- United States; Afrocentrism -- Study and teaching -- United States; Creationism -- Study and teaching -- United States; This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements. Amy J. Binder is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California. |