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Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 11, Issue 1, 1988


Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1988

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.


Ethnic Studies In The Twenty-First Century: A Proposal, Charles C. Irby Jan 1988

Ethnic Studies In The Twenty-First Century: A Proposal, Charles C. Irby

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

If you will consider the dualistic thinking which undergirds Western philosophical tradition, then it comes as a surprise to no one that the periodization of history is based on white male experiences as the sum of western civilization, especially the glorification of war and the celebration of unbridled "raw-power." So, too, it is not surprising that Aristotelian logic and Cartesian metaphysics form the godhead for monocultural and unisexual education in U.S. society, which is at the least bisexual and multicultural. For a decade-and-a-half now, ethnic, minority, and women's studies proponents have suggested that their purposes for existence were to challenge …


Ethnic And Women's Studies: An Attempt At Educating The Academy, Lillian H. Jones Jan 1988

Ethnic And Women's Studies: An Attempt At Educating The Academy, Lillian H. Jones

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

As I have written before in other places, the Ethnic and Women's Studies Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is a unique academic department in its history, structure, and ultimately in its agenda. The fact that Ethnic and Women's Studies are combined in a setting where the two disciplines are more frequently suspicious if not hostile to each other is unusual and owes its partnership to the history of the university where it exists and to particular individuals who conceived it. This combination, while certainly subject to both political and philosophical criticism from a variety of voices and interests, …


Crossroads To The 21 St Century: The Evolution Of Ethnic Studies At Bowling Green University, Robert L. Perry, Susan Mae Pauly Jan 1988

Crossroads To The 21 St Century: The Evolution Of Ethnic Studies At Bowling Green University, Robert L. Perry, Susan Mae Pauly

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

At Bowling Green State University's Fourth Annual Ethnic Studies Conference, scholar Dr. James A. Banks observed that Bowling Green State University is soon to become the only institution of higher education in the United States to institute a university-wide requirement in cultural diversity. The implementation of this landmark requirement demonstrates the depth and vigor of the commitment to excellence and equity in education held by the University's Department of Ethnic Studies.


Contributors Jan 1988

Contributors

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 11, Issue 1, 1988


Table Of Contents Jan 1988

Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 11, Issue 2, 1988


Inter-Ethnic Issues In Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window By Steven R. Carter, Steven R. Carter Jan 1988

Inter-Ethnic Issues In Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window By Steven R. Carter, Steven R. Carter

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

When Lorraine Hansberry's second produced play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, opened on Broadway in 1964, some white critics expressed surprise that her protagonist was Jewish rather than black and some blacks were disappointed or even outraged by this, feeling that she was deserting the "cause" and trying too hard to win acclaim as a "universal" writer.[1] Others from both groups, of course, warmly defended her.


Critique [Of Inter-Ethnic Issues In Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window By Steven R. Carter], Helen Maclam Jan 1988

Critique [Of Inter-Ethnic Issues In Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window By Steven R. Carter], Helen Maclam

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Carter's analysis of the varied ethnic backgrounds of the characters in this play demonstrates Hansberry's commitment to a multiethnic society. Ethnicity is also clearly a factor in the complexity of the individual characters themselves, and in their interaction. Carter further gives a credible rationale (documented by quotations from Robert Nemiroff’s correspondence) for Hansberry's choice of Sidney, a Jew, as the vehicle for her message.


Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1988

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Reading Ethnic Literature On The Attitudes Of Adolescents, Joan Wynne Sullivan Jan 1988

The Effects Of Reading Ethnic Literature On The Attitudes Of Adolescents, Joan Wynne Sullivan

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The first statement reflects one student's vision of her world and her solution to one problem in that world. Written in an essay which asked white students for their reactions to having Vietnamese in their school, the statement reveals a limited view of the world and possibly a parroting of community rhetoric. The second statement is an oral response by the same student taped during her reading of a novel which dealt with ethnic issues. Her revised perception indicating the need for a new look at other ethnic groups, rather than an expulsion of them from the country, suggests the …


Critique [Of The Effects Of Reading Ethnic Literature On The Attitudes Of Adolescents By Joan Wynne Sullivan], Angelo A. Giugliano Jan 1988

Critique [Of The Effects Of Reading Ethnic Literature On The Attitudes Of Adolescents By Joan Wynne Sullivan], Angelo A. Giugliano

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The intent of Joan Sullivan's project as described in this article is one that can only be applauded -- working toward minimizing ethnocentrism and xenophobia must be seen as a sine quo non for a nation or a school community which aspires to realize a democratic ideology. Furthermore, there is no more important an age group on which to focus this project than that of the adolescent who is on the threshhold [threshold] of adult freedom and responsibility. Finally, educating the imagination toward a more just society for all through literature is a most meaningful use of the secondary school …


Abstracts From The Sixteenth Annual Conference, 1988. "Ethnicity; Race, Class, And Gender-Old And New Perspectives" Jan 1988

Abstracts From The Sixteenth Annual Conference, 1988. "Ethnicity; Race, Class, And Gender-Old And New Perspectives"

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The following abstracts were submitted for presentation at the annual Conference, and the respondent comments reflect the direction of discussion at several of the sessions. The intersection of race, class, and gender was the primary focus of the Conference. Caryn Mctighe Musil, National Director of the National Women's Studies Association ; Betty Schmitz, Research Associate for the Northwest Center for Research on Women in the Curriculum; and Paul Lauter, director of the Reconstructing American Literature project spoke at the General Session, refining the Conference theme and providing specific plans for action. Pearl Primus and her son Onwin Borde presented "Dance …


The Co-Opting Of Ethnic Studies In The American University: A Critical View, Jesse M. Vazquez Jan 1988

The Co-Opting Of Ethnic Studies In The American University: A Critical View, Jesse M. Vazquez

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The birth of ethnic studies in the American university was accompanied by the politics and pedagogy of rage, pride, and mistrust for the then prevailing curricular academic structures and its tradition-bound, academically conservative gatekeepers. The campus take-overs, student demands, and confrontations were a common expression of the times, and concomitantly these were also shapers of the changing times. The presence or absence of ethnic minority faculty and students in our universities was and continues to be one of many indices by which we measure the willingness of this society to live up to its responsibility and promise to guarantee expanding …


Ethnic Studies Past And Present: Towards Shaping The Future, Otis L. Scott Jan 1988

Ethnic Studies Past And Present: Towards Shaping The Future, Otis L. Scott

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Ethnic Studies as a curriculum at predominantly white colleges and universities remains a relatively new phenomenon in academe. The recent history of these formations can be traced back to the several social change movements of the 1960s. These changes, spearheaded by the civil rights movement and the black student protests in the South in early 1960s, provided the impetus for the social change spillover which many college and university campuses were to experience in earnest beginning with the mid-1960s.[1]


Author And Title Index, Volume 10, 1987 Jan 1988

Author And Title Index, Volume 10, 1987

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Author and title index of Explorations in Ethnic Studies vol. 10, 1987


Title Index, Volume 10, 1987 Jan 1988

Title Index, Volume 10, 1987

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Titles index of Explorations in Ethnic Studies vol. 10, 1987


Contributors Jan 1988

Contributors

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 11, Issue 2, 1988