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Guest Editorial, Barbara Hiura Jan 1980

Guest Editorial, Barbara Hiura

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The National Association of Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies (NAIES) is an organization dedicated towards finding solutions to some of the "Ethnic" problems which plague U.S. society. Some of these solutions are found when people from a variety of cultural, ethnic, and environmental backgrounds are brought together to communicate and discuss germinal ideas. To this end, the NAIES, in the recent past, has set up regional conferences in various parts of the United States. These regional conferences are a microcosm of the national conference. The regional conferences follow similar guidelines as set up for the national conferences. I attended one of these …


Racism And The Helping Process, Susan Reid Jan 1980

Racism And The Helping Process, Susan Reid

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The issues addressed in this paper relate to racism within the helping process. We will base our discussion on the premise that racism is an illness and should be regarded as such wherever it emerges in the helping process, whether or not this relates directly to the client's reasons for seeking help. The discussion will also be based on the converse, i.e. that concerns of clients about race relations, their interest in establishing positive interracial relationships or in effecting change on some level, should be regarded as healthy and positive, not as "symptomatic" of hidden pathology.


[Review Of] Jay P. Dolan. The Immigrant Church, New York's Irish And German Catholics, 1815-1865, George R. Gilkey Jan 1980

[Review Of] Jay P. Dolan. The Immigrant Church, New York's Irish And German Catholics, 1815-1865, George R. Gilkey

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Jay Dolan confines this study on immigrant Catholicism in New York City largely to the half-century between 1815 and 1865. He does, however, briefly note significant ties among events occurring in the secular world of Europe and America which influenced the nature of the migrations and the attitudes of the immigrants. (For example, the Germans of ‘48 brought with them political leanings that their predecessors had had). It is important to keep in mind that it was the era following the American Civil War when the great waves of immigrants, including large numbers of Catholics from southern and eastern Europe, …


Contents Jan 1980

Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1980


The Doukhobors In Canada - Conflict And Social Change, 1900-1976, K. J. Bradley, J. S. Frideres Jan 1980

The Doukhobors In Canada - Conflict And Social Change, 1900-1976, K. J. Bradley, J. S. Frideres

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

he present study will document the number of acts of violence carried out by the Doukhobors in Canada during the period 1900-1976 as well as assess the influence of two potentially important causal factors: (i) leadership style and (ii) stress and strain on the incidence of violence. While a great deal has been written on the Doukhobors, much of the material is of a “sensational” variety and lacks any serious analytical framework. Few researchers have tried to systematically document the actual number of conflicts engaged in by Doukhobors or relate these periodic episodes of conflict to potential causes.


[Review Of] George Henderson (Ed.). Understanding And Counceling [Counseling] Ethnic Minorities, Robert T. Sato Jan 1980

[Review Of] George Henderson (Ed.). Understanding And Counceling [Counseling] Ethnic Minorities, Robert T. Sato

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In this collection of articles drawn from several disciplines - history, sociology, psychology, education and social work - George Henderson has contributed a welcomed addition to the growing field of literature that focuses on the various issues of working with individuals from diverse cultural or ethnic backgrounds.


[Review Of] Research Centre For Canadian Ethnic Studies (Pub.). Canadian Ethnic Studies -- Special Issue: Ethnic Radicals, John W. Larner Jr. Jan 1980

[Review Of] Research Centre For Canadian Ethnic Studies (Pub.). Canadian Ethnic Studies -- Special Issue: Ethnic Radicals, John W. Larner Jr.

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This familiar and useful journal for those interested in cross-national comparative ethnic studies between Canada and the United States provides in this special issue six essays on seven important but hitherto overlooked ethnic minority leaders. Predictably, two of the figures are British (Arthur Putee and Sam Scarlett) and none are native, Métis, French or female; the other five being Finn (Matti Kurikka and A. B. Makela), Norwegian (Ole Hjelt), Ukranian (Ukrainian) (Pavlo Krat) and Croatian (Tomo Cacié). Each essay is in English with convenient bilingual headnote synopses. The essays are well researched, amply footnoted and tolerably readable for specialist literature. …


[Review Of] Francesco Cordasco And George Bernstein. Bilingual Education In American Schools: A Guide To Information Sources, Rosa Fernandez Jan 1980

[Review Of] Francesco Cordasco And George Bernstein. Bilingual Education In American Schools: A Guide To Information Sources, Rosa Fernandez

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This resource book is as valuable for non-specialists as it is For “old hands” in the area of bilingualism who want to have in one volume a guide to resources on Bilingual Education and related areas as they pertain to America.


[Review Of] John Dylong. Living History 1925-1950: Family Experiences Of Times Remembered, Barbara R. Luebke Jan 1980

[Review Of] John Dylong. Living History 1925-1950: Family Experiences Of Times Remembered, Barbara R. Luebke

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Beginning with the premise that “the family is our richest historical resource” because “they have been through it all” and “their memories are not dry, dusty facts” John Dylong sets out to document one family’s (his) growth. He does this with snapshots from family albums, brief narratives and newSpaper and magazine clippings on facing pages.


[Review Of] Bernth Lindfors. Black African Literature In English: A Guide To Information Sources, Helen Maclam Jan 1980

[Review Of] Bernth Lindfors. Black African Literature In English: A Guide To Information Sources, Helen Maclam

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Although there is no single Black or African world view, Black African creative writing offers us alternative perspectives to the Western European/American value system characterizing the literature most familiar to us.


[Review Of] Thomas A. Clark. Blacks In Suburbs: A National Perspective, James Sherohman Jan 1980

[Review Of] Thomas A. Clark. Blacks In Suburbs: A National Perspective, James Sherohman

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Blacks in suburbs examines the process of black suburbanization on a national level. Although a book this short (111 pp., plus bibliography and index) necessarily provides a superficial treatment, it does explore some of the complexities of the suburbanization process among blacks. It not only looks at migration patterns of blacks to and from suburbs, but also at how factors such as region, income, education, and occupational and housing markets affect the process of suburbanization.


[Review Of] Khalil Nakhleh And Elia Zureik (Eds.). The Sociology Of The Palestinians, Manindra Kumar Mohapatra Jan 1980

[Review Of] Khalil Nakhleh And Elia Zureik (Eds.). The Sociology Of The Palestinians, Manindra Kumar Mohapatra

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This book is a collection of seven different studies on the social aspects of Palestinian people. The editors are North American academicians of Palestinian origin. Other contributors to the volume include a lone UN official, and college professors from the USA, Canada and Blr Zeit University in Palestine.


[Review Of] Myrtle S. Langley. The Nandi Of Kenya: Life Crisis Rituals In A Period Of Change, Jean Bright Jan 1980

[Review Of] Myrtle S. Langley. The Nandi Of Kenya: Life Crisis Rituals In A Period Of Change, Jean Bright

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Dr. Langley. who states that this book is an abridgement of her doctoral dissertation, lectures in “missiology” at Trinity College, Bristol. This is a serious, sober, astonishing, and disappointing work.


[Review Of] Andrew Strathern. Ongka: A Self Account By A New Guinea Big Man, Virginia Stamper Jan 1980

[Review Of] Andrew Strathern. Ongka: A Self Account By A New Guinea Big Man, Virginia Stamper

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Ongka, A Self Account by a New Guinea Big Man is an oral narrative of the history and culture of a New Guinea big man named Ongka. A big man is a political leader within the Melpan culture of New Guinea. Ongka has served as a local government counsellor and is an outstanding political figure in his homeland. He presented his narrative to Andrew Strathern in the Melpan language via cassette recorder and Strathern translated his words into English.


[Review Of] Nell Irvin Painter. Exodusters; Black Migration To Kansas After Reconstruction. And Robert G. Athearn. In Search Of Canaan: Black Migration To Kansas, 1879-80, Wilson J. Moses Jan 1980

[Review Of] Nell Irvin Painter. Exodusters; Black Migration To Kansas After Reconstruction. And Robert G. Athearn. In Search Of Canaan: Black Migration To Kansas, 1879-80, Wilson J. Moses

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In 1909 Walter L. Fleming published an article on “‘Pap’ Singleton, the Moses of the Colored Exodus,” in the American Journal of Sociology. Some forty years later, Herbert Aptheker in his Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States, responded to it somewhat disparagingly. The Black Exodus was not a “spontaneous movement inspired by a Moses in the guise of the aged Benjamin Singleton.” it was “the culmination of a steady process of migration and came in response to years of preparation.” In this process “the somewhat eccent?c Singleton” was only of secondary significance. It was Henry Adams, …


[Review Of] Edith Blicksilver. The Ethnic American Woman; Problems, Protests, Lifestyle, Elvira Craig De Silva Jan 1980

[Review Of] Edith Blicksilver. The Ethnic American Woman; Problems, Protests, Lifestyle, Elvira Craig De Silva

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Edith Blicksilver has compiled an extensive and varied series of articles, poems and narratives of personal experiences of the different female authors, covering the life spectrum of the Ethnic American Woman. They are presented in a logical and organized fashion, which provides structure but allows for flexibility in the themes. This adds to the enjoyment of the book and facilitates its reading.


[Review Of] Film Review: Gretchen Bataille. Inside The Cigar Store: Images Of The American Indian, Janice Beaudin Jan 1980

[Review Of] Film Review: Gretchen Bataille. Inside The Cigar Store: Images Of The American Indian, Janice Beaudin

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Today the American Indian is still envisioned as a befeathered curiosity. Both children and adults have continued to perpetuated stereotypes and harbor misconceptions about the American Indian cultures. This has been detrimental to the advancement of India people today.


Abstracts Of Papers Presented At The 8th Annual Conference On Ethnic And Minority Studies Jan 1980

Abstracts Of Papers Presented At The 8th Annual Conference On Ethnic And Minority Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

On November 10, 1939 at Benedict College, a black institution in Columbia, black South Carolinians met to organize a state unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Poeple [People] (NAACP). The main objective of the new organization, the South Carolina Conference of NAACP, was to create an effective instrument to be used for propaganda, fund-raising and litigation purposes, and to function as a united front in the struggle to reclaim the ballot. From the outset, the State Conference sought to create a mass-supported organization. Membership drives were initiated to enlarge the existing branches and to set up …


Editor's Corner, Carter E. Carter Jan 1980

Editor's Corner, Carter E. Carter

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies stands at another threshold. With the current issue. the present editor will hand over the editorial reins to Dr. Charles Irby. The present editor has brought Explorations through six issues and the foundation for the journal has been set. The criteria and standards have been hammered out. We now know that each article must explore new ground, set forth solutions to an ethnic issue, or structure a new model. It will not be easy to carry on the beginnings. Yet, if Ethnic Studies are to survive and flourish, the journal must go on and it must …


Notes On Contributors Jan 1980

Notes On Contributors

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1980


[Review Of] Buchi Emecheta . The Joys Of Motherhood, Janet Cheatham Bell Jan 1980

[Review Of] Buchi Emecheta . The Joys Of Motherhood, Janet Cheatham Bell

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Whether this novel is touting motherhood or not, the author certainly makes it clear that being a mother is not a simple or an easy task. The setting is Nigeria prior to, during and after World War II, but there is much here with which any woman can identify, particularly if she is, or has mated.


Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1980

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.


Contents Jan 1980

Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1980


[Review Of] Samuel J. Brakel. American Indian Tribal Courts: The Cost Of Separate Justice, Laurence French Jan 1980

[Review Of] Samuel J. Brakel. American Indian Tribal Courts: The Cost Of Separate Justice, Laurence French

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This monograph (111 pages of text) is part of a larger research endeavor being conducted by the American Bar Foundation and sanctioned by the American Bar Association and the American Bar Endowment, among others. According to the American Bar Foun- dation: “Its mission is to conduct research that will enlarge the understanding and improve the functioning of law and legal institutions (pp iv).” This particular project was initiated to investigate the cost of separate tribal justice.


[Review Of] Barbara Myerhoff. Number Our Days, Michele Zak Jan 1980

[Review Of] Barbara Myerhoff. Number Our Days, Michele Zak

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Number Our Days had its genesis in a research project on ethnicity and again at the University of Southern California where author Barbara Myerhoff is chairman of the department of anthropology. Her study of a group of elderly Jews living on and around the beach in Venice, California and who were members of the Aliyah Senior Citizens' Center, was undertaken reluctantly after Professor Myerhoff encountered resistance among the elderly Chicanos she had intended to study. The study absorbed four years of her life and ended in this record of surpassing warmth and intelligence of the past and present of a …


Guest Editorial, Erwin A. Salk Jan 1980

Guest Editorial, Erwin A. Salk

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

As a guest editor, it seems most proper to give attention and thoughts to the National Association for Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies (NAIES), which by its very nature is a unique and singular organization. We have little in common with the larger professional academic entities. We are small In membership, but have the capacity to operate on the national level.


Cultural Community, Cohesion And Constraint: Dynamics Of Life Satisfaction Among Aged Filipino Men Of Hawaii, Wayne S. Wooden, J. H. Monane Jan 1980

Cultural Community, Cohesion And Constraint: Dynamics Of Life Satisfaction Among Aged Filipino Men Of Hawaii, Wayne S. Wooden, J. H. Monane

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In contrast to other elderly Asian-Americans (notably Japanese Americans and Chinese Americans), relatively little is known about aged Filipino Americans (Kalish & Yuen, 1971). This may be partly a function of their population size, as the Filipino aged in America are considerably less numerous than the elderly Japanese and Chinese Americans; the 1970 U.S. Censes (Census) of the Population finds only 21,249 Filipinos aged 65 and over in the U.S., 82% of them men. In addition, low economic and political status, recency of arrival and relative lack of militancy may contribute to this inattention. Kalish and Moriwaki (1973), focusing on …


Poetry Corner Featuring Poems . Old Wise One For Wallace Pyawasit, Indian Power Drum, Holy Places, Infra Red Rifles, Complex Education., Silvester J. Brito Jan 1980

Poetry Corner Featuring Poems . Old Wise One For Wallace Pyawasit, Indian Power Drum, Holy Places, Infra Red Rifles, Complex Education., Silvester J. Brito

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poems by by Silvester J. Brito; Old Wise One for Wallack Pyawasit, Indian Power Drum, Holy Places, Infra Red Rifles, Complex Education


[Review Of] Raymond L. Hall (Ed.). Ethnic Autonomy -- Comparative Dynamics: The Americas, Europe And The Developing World, Gary Y. Okihiro Jan 1980

[Review Of] Raymond L. Hall (Ed.). Ethnic Autonomy -- Comparative Dynamics: The Americas, Europe And The Developing World, Gary Y. Okihiro

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Hall has done us a service in putting together this wide-ranging collection of essays on ethnic separatist movements. The volume is particularly timely because of the twentieth century paradoxes of the drive for global unity and nationalism, and nationalism and a blossoming of ethnic separatist movements. (The book is not unique. See, 6.9. Chester L. Hunt and Lewis Walker, Ethnic Dynamics: Patterns of Intergroup Relations in Various Societies, Learning Publications, Inc., 1979.)


[Review Of] John Cooke (Ed.). Perspectives On Ethnicity In New Orleans., Frank J. Cavaioli Jan 1980

[Review Of] John Cooke (Ed.). Perspectives On Ethnicity In New Orleans., Frank J. Cavaioli

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In Perspectives on Ethnicity in New Orleans, editor John Cooke has organized nine essays that respond to the meaning of and the durability of ethnicity. A practical and analytical work, the collection focuses on the community, the people and the culture of New Orleans.