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Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Table of contents for Explorations in Sights and Sounds, Number 11, Summer, 1991
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[Review Of] Rudolfo A. Anaya. Heart Of Aztlan, Glen M. Kraig
[Review Of] Rudolfo A. Anaya. Heart Of Aztlan, Glen M. Kraig
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Heart of Aztlan is a novel which portrays life in Barelas, a barrio of Albuquerque, during the post-Korean War period. While the characters within the novel are fictitious, the situations in which they found themselves were only too real. The mood of the novel was one of hope while the characters continually found themselves in a situation of apparent hopelessness. The author's dedication, perhaps better than any other words, summed up this seeming paradox. "This book is dedicated to the good people of Barelas ... and to people everywhere who have struggled for freedom, dignity, and the right to self …
[Review Of] Doris Jean Austin. After The Garden, Linda Wells
[Review Of] Doris Jean Austin. After The Garden, Linda Wells
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Doris Jean Austin's novel After the Garden unites the tragic themes of patricide and familial fury with the contemporary themes of class struggle within the black community of post-World War II America. At the center of this family saga is Elzina Tompkins, a beautiful young black woman who comes of age in the 1940s urban North. Her grandmother, Rosalie Tompkins, is a powerfully drawn figure whom Austin uses as one side of the equation to show the values of a black woman of some means, a woman who seeks to keep her granddaughter "in the garden." The wayward Jesse James, …
[Review Of] Mariano Azuela. The Underdogs, Silvester J. Brito
[Review Of] Mariano Azuela. The Underdogs, Silvester J. Brito
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
The Underdogs (Los De Abajo) is a classic novel of the Mexican Revolution. The foreword briefly covers Mexican history, from Spanish Conquest to Independence to Revolution. Its purpose is to focus upon the main sociopolitical and economic problems of the Mexican Revolution.
[Review Of] Silvester J. Brito. The Way Of A Peyote Roadman, D. C. Cole
[Review Of] Silvester J. Brito. The Way Of A Peyote Roadman, D. C. Cole
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
The Way of a Peyote Roadman is a work which is certain to stir controversy in a number of academic circles. Silvester J. Brito holds a Ph.D. in folklore and anthropology from Indiana University. The book begins with a personal affirmation of the author's belief in the power of sorcery, based on his personal experiences culminating in a peyote ritual curing ceremony.
[Review Of] H. David Brumble Iii. American Indian Autobiography, Raymond A. Bucko
[Review Of] H. David Brumble Iii. American Indian Autobiography, Raymond A. Bucko
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
American Indian Autobiography provides significant insight into the nature and production of Indian autobiographies, past and present. Aware of the heterogeneity of native cultures, H. David Brumble perceptively demonstrates the continuity of these works with both their cultural and literary roots -- oral narrative. He elucidates six genera of oral narrative, convincingly establishing their continuity from the earliest to contemporary works. Stressing the bicultural nature of Indian autobiography, Brumble carefully analyzes both the effect of white editors working within the cultural assumptions of their eras in eliciting and shaping Indian autobiographies and the ramifications of culture contact and adaptation on …
[Review Of] Maryse Conde. A Season In Rihata, Phillipa Kafka
[Review Of] Maryse Conde. A Season In Rihata, Phillipa Kafka
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Born and now residing in Guadaloupe [Guadeloupe], Dr. Conde received the Grand Prix de Litteraire de la Femme from France for her contributions to Caribbean literature (an interesting honor, in view of Conde's perception of France as cynically instrumental in the destruction and dismemberment of African civilization).
[Review Of] Troy Duster. Backdoor To Eugenics, Steven J. Gold
[Review Of] Troy Duster. Backdoor To Eugenics, Steven J. Gold
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
During the first decades of this century, the theory of eugenics, which applied social Darwinism to human beings, was an influential movement. Its major contention was that Northern Europeans were genetically superior to other groups-Southern and Eastern Europeans, Asians, blacks and Jews. Therefore, the presence of these "inferior" groups in the U.S. should be limited, both by constraining the growth of their populations and by restricting their entry into the nation. Rooted in "science," eugenics was embraced by prominent intellectuals of the era, including Harvard psychologist William McDougall and University of Wisconsin sociologist E. A. Ross. The power of this …
[Review Of] A. Roy Eckardt. Black, Woman, Jew: Three Wars For Human Liberation, Suzanne Stutman
[Review Of] A. Roy Eckardt. Black, Woman, Jew: Three Wars For Human Liberation, Suzanne Stutman
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
In this book, A. Roy Eckardt uses his anger against oppression in its various forms and his extensive knowledge of the literatures in the field to craft a work of the first magnitude. He views oppression, as he explains, from the perspective of a "white, male gentile ... a privileged minority: the nonoppressed of the world." Yet his honesty and compassion for the oppressed represented in this study take him into the center of the battle which he wages: the battle for human liberation. His new book is, he explains, a sequel to For Righteousness' Sake: Contemporary Moral Philosophies, published …
[Review Of] F. Chris Garcia, Ed. Latinos And The Political System, Jesse M. Vazquez
[Review Of] F. Chris Garcia, Ed. Latinos And The Political System, Jesse M. Vazquez
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Latinos and the Political System, carefully compiled by F. Chris Garcia, represents a significant contribution to the field of political analysis as well as to the study of the complexities and subtleties of the politics of the Latino community in the United States. While the book's focus is clearly on the emerging place of the Latino community on the American political landscape, Garcia and his collaborators amply demonstrate that as needs and wants are converted into specific policies, the implementation of these will have significant "ramifications for the rest of the system as well as for Latino politics specifically." This …
[Review Of] Charles Green And Basil Wilson. The Struggle For Black Empowerment In New York City, Otis L. Scott
[Review Of] Charles Green And Basil Wilson. The Struggle For Black Empowerment In New York City, Otis L. Scott
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
This book by Charles Green and Basil Wilson is most informative. The authors, a sociologist and a political scientist respectively, draw upon the research and reporting methods of their disciplines in bringing forth a comprehensive interdisciplinary social science examination of the melodrama that is politics in New York City.
[Review Of] Lance Henson. Selected Poems, 1970-1983, Abby H. Werlock
[Review Of] Lance Henson. Selected Poems, 1970-1983, Abby H. Werlock
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
A previously published Native American poet, Lance Henson, a Cheyenne, evokes traditional Native American characters, customs, and beliefs and demonstrates the tension between the new and the old, attempting to reconcile a traditional closeness to the land and to the past with apparently incongruent modern phenomena.
[Review Of] Darlene Clark Hine. Black Women In White,, Celia J. Wintz
[Review Of] Darlene Clark Hine. Black Women In White,, Celia J. Wintz
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
In recent years nursing history has taken on a new focus. The nursing histories of the first half of the twentieth century chronicled the steady growth and development of the profession and glorified the white nursing leaders who promoted the scientific basis and professionalization of nursing. These early histories, however, ignored or glossed over the many problems of the emerging profession: poorly educated nursing students, nursing school curriculums which were controlled by service administrators rather than educators, the substandard working and living conditions of both student nurses and graduate nurses, the subservience of nurses to physicians which did not serve …
[Review Of] Joseph E. Holloway, Ed. Africanisms In American Culture, Harriet Ottenheimer
[Review Of] Joseph E. Holloway, Ed. Africanisms In American Culture, Harriet Ottenheimer
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Part of the Indiana University series on Blacks in the Diaspora, this book brings together ten essays on the impact of African roots on African American cultural patterns. Two of the essays are general in nature, the other eight focus on specific cultural domains such as religion, music, folklore, and art.
[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary
[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
For those interested in relations between Japan and the United States, this book is timely. It traces American stereotypes and attitudes about Japan from World War II to the later 1980s. The author, an anthropologist who has lived in that nation, uses examples of popular American culture -- books, magazines, films and public opinion poll results -- to trace attitudinal shifts in the U.S. She effectively uses illustrations and cartoons from magazines and newspapers -- New Yorker, Time, Playboy, and the New York Times -- to indicate how American opinions have ranged over this period.
[Review Of] Bienvenido L. Lumbera. Tagalog Poetry: 1570-1898, Cruz Skinner
[Review Of] Bienvenido L. Lumbera. Tagalog Poetry: 1570-1898, Cruz Skinner
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Bienvenido Lumbera, in his Preface to this survey of Tagalog poetry, apologizes for the shortcomings of his book. Originally written twenty years ago as a doctoral dissertation, it does not take into account new information on Tagalog poetry and its discussion of precolonial poetry does not include new data on the oral poetry of contemporary Filipino groups. "I have bailed myself out," say Lumbera, "by persuading myself that many scholarly sins could be forgiven under the rubric of 'pioneering.''' And indeed these omissions can be forgiven for what the reader gains in return is a pioneering study describing and analyzing …
[Review Of] William Oandasan. Moving Inland: A Cycle Of Lyrics, Abby H. Werlock
[Review Of] William Oandasan. Moving Inland: A Cycle Of Lyrics, Abby H. Werlock
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
William Oandasan, a member of the Uki [Yuki] tribe, demonstrates the tension between the new and the old, attempting to reconcile a traditional closeness to the land and to the past with apparently incongruent modern phenomena.
[Review Of] David Pilgrim. Race Relations "Above The Veil": Speeches, Essays, And Other Writings, Angelo Costanzo
[Review Of] David Pilgrim. Race Relations "Above The Veil": Speeches, Essays, And Other Writings, Angelo Costanzo
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
This is mostly a collection of speeches delivered to high school and college students by Pilgrim, who teaches sociology at Saint Mary's College/Notre Dame. A few of the talks were given to community and business groups in several Midwestern states, and thus each selection reflects the appropriate style and content level of the audience being addressed. The content of all the pieces, including the few essays and short stories, focuses on racial prejudice, but also deals with general biases pertaining to gender, ethnic group, and class.
[Review Of] Jacqueline Pope. Biting The Hand That Feeds Them: Organizing Women On Welfare At The Grass Roots Level, Mary Ann Busch
[Review Of] Jacqueline Pope. Biting The Hand That Feeds Them: Organizing Women On Welfare At The Grass Roots Level, Mary Ann Busch
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
As a social worker by training and practice, I found this book of great interest. I would highly recommend the text for second-year social work classes and especially for social work policy classes as a supplementary text. I believe that it would also be appropriate for an introductory women's study class as a supplementary text. Due to the cost of the text, I recommend that instructors place the volume on reserve rather than have the students individually purchase the book. The author chronicles the welfare rights movement in Brooklyn, New York, during the late sixties and early seventies in her …
[Review Of] Ann Allen Shockley, Ed. Afro-American Women Writers: 1746-1933. An Anthology And Critical Guide, Mary Young
[Review Of] Ann Allen Shockley, Ed. Afro-American Women Writers: 1746-1933. An Anthology And Critical Guide, Mary Young
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Despite almost four hundred years of racism, sexism and classism, Afro-American women have managed to sustain contact with their creative muses and with the needs and aspirations of their people. Frequently, these creative and activist women have been neglected by both Euro-American and Afro-American male critics. Additionally, with few exceptions these women writers have been excluded from the canon of Afro-American literature. Ann Allen Shockley has tried to remedy this situation in this anthology.
[Review Of] Paul R. Spickard. Mixed Blood-Intermarriage And Ethnic Identity In Twentieth-Century America, Terry E. Huffman
[Review Of] Paul R. Spickard. Mixed Blood-Intermarriage And Ethnic Identity In Twentieth-Century America, Terry E. Huffman
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Just as the mixing of peoples has been a dominant theme in American social history, it has also been a compelling, if not controversial, theme in American social science. Sociologists have long recognized that intermarriage is an important social phenomenon in American society. Thus, early American social observers were drawn to study this area of social life. From Frederick Hoffman's earliest studies of black/white couples in the late nineteenth century to W. E. B. Du Bois's observations on intermarriage at the beginning of the twentieth century, the systematic study of inter-marriage stands as one of the initial starting points for …
[Review Of] Russell Thornton, With C. Matthew Snipp And Nancy Breen. The Cherokees: A Population History, Cynthia R. Kasee
[Review Of] Russell Thornton, With C. Matthew Snipp And Nancy Breen. The Cherokees: A Population History, Cynthia R. Kasee
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
A first glance at the title might wrongly suggest that Thornton's volume is best relegated to demography. This is, however, a wonderful reference for historians, ethnicists, and anthropologists, as well as an engaging work well suited for the general reader in Native American topics.
[Review Of] Alma Luz Villanueva. The Ultraviolet Sky, Julie Schrader Villegas
[Review Of] Alma Luz Villanueva. The Ultraviolet Sky, Julie Schrader Villegas
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Villanueva's first novel portrays the difficulties of self-affirmation and the struggle to understand and come to terms with a multi-faceted identity despite the single-minded conventions of society. Rosa, an artist of Mexican and German heritage, struggles to create herself and find a home where all her fragmented selves can rest. Through dreams, her relationship with her husband Julio, and her struggle to paint an obscure ultraviolet sky, she begins to explore her identities and to trust where they will lead her. She chooses to follow her "wolf' who whines and claws at her consciousness and only awakens fully in her …
[Review Of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Evelyn Hu-Dehart
[Review Of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Evelyn Hu-Dehart
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
I am personally delighted to see the re-issue of Jade Snow Wong's autobiographical novel, Fifth Chinese Daughter. Shortly after I arrived in the U.S. in 1959 as a rather bewildered young girl immigrant of twelve, it was my good fortune to have stumbled onto -- in the local public library -- Jade Snow Wong's wonderful story of growing up Chinese and female in America, in both the ethnic enclave of Chinatown and the San Francisco Bay Area's white college and working worlds. It helped me better understand the experience of being an "American-Chinese," the term used in those days. The …
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 14, Issue 1, 1991
Obasan: The Politics Of The Japanese-Canadian Internment, Ann Rayson
Obasan: The Politics Of The Japanese-Canadian Internment, Ann Rayson
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Joy Kogawa is a well known Japanese-Canadian poet and novelist. Her award-winning autobiographical novel, Obasan (1981),[1] examines the personal wartime internment experience of the author through the fictionalized persona of Naomi Nakane and her Aunt Emily Kato. Obasan, the title character, is Naomi's other aunt, the one who raises her when World War II destroys the family. Emily is a political activist, the voice of protest and conscience in the novel, while the narrator, Naomi, has to work through her own silence and that of all Japanese-Canadians. As a novel with a dual voice, Obasan is able to probe the …
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1991
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Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 14, Issue 2, 1991
Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago, Gerald R. Gems
Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago, Gerald R. Gems
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The City of Chicago recently embarked upon a pioneering effort to transform the quality of its public school system. The concept of decentralization that allows for neighborhood councils, greater decision-making at the local level, and increased parental involvement in the schools is not a new one. Similar governance structures of a century ago fell victim to class and ethnic factionalism. The progressive vision of a homogenous society assumed a passive clientele and a consensus culture. Particular educational programs brought diverse groups closer to the mainstream, but the resultant mass culture accommodated pluralistic values rather than the sought-after homogeneity.