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[Review Of] Neshnabek: The People, David M. Gradwohl

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The Potawatomi Indians (Prairie Band) of Kansas are portrayed in this film which has been some forty to fifty years in the making. The original footage was taken by Floyd A. Schultz, an amateur anthropologist, between 1930 and 1941. These scenes have been supplemented by historical still shots, maps, and other archival documents assembled from various sources in the 1960s and 1970s. During the summers of 1978 and 1979 Donald Stull, a professor of anthropology presently at the University of Kansas, conducted field interviews with some of the originally-photographed Potawatomi along with their friends and relatives. Portions of those interviews …

Critique [Of African And Pac!Fic Literature: A Comparative Study], James H. Williams

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Kristine Martin demonstrates the need for the serious scholar to address the topic of African and Pacific literature in the form of comparative analysis. She has provided a good example for others to emulate. for her study is concerned with self-identity in the formation of ethnicity.

Sonnets Polonaise Ii, Albert Solomon

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes sonnet by Albert Solomon: Polonaise II.

Mrs. Cameron’S Baby, Louis E. Bryan

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Louis E. Bryan; Mrs. Cameron’s Baby

Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Thomas Mann Jr

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

To disagree with the author’s central theme that institutional racism is the principal deterrent to social, economic, and political equality of the races in America would be to ignore centuries of American history in which racial minorities have been oppressed and denied equality of rights and opportunities. Even further, one must agree with the author’s argument that institutional racism is merely the manifestation of “beliefs held so tenaciously that they guide behavior spontaneously by excluding any process which call them into question,” while simultaneously purporting to be open to the individual, irrespective of race», gender or age.

My Uncle Played The Sax, Louis E. Bryan

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Louis E. Bryan; My Uncle Played the Sax

At Monticello, Margaret C. Blaker

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Margaret C. Blaker: At Monticello.

Books Received

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Titles appearing in this list may be reviewed in future issues of Explorations in Sights and Sounds.

[Review Of] Sherry Gorelick, City College And The Jewish Poor: Education In New York, 1880-1924, Dusty Sklar

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Hidden in these quiet pages is a probing analysis of what has happened to all Americans, not just the Jewish poor who went to City College. Gorelick begins by reexamining the myth, now used against other ethnic groups, that "docile Jews, living in safe slums, gratefully, respectfully, obediently lap up the gifts of Anglo-Saxon culture to the admiration and love of their teachers."

[Review Of] June Drenning Holmquist, Ed., They Chose Minnesota: A Survey Of The State's Ethnic Groups, Phillips G. Davies

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

It seems only fair to say that this book does for the ethnic groups in Minnesota what the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups does for all the groups in this country. Starting out with the American Indians (the Dakotas and Ojibways particularly), it surveys the more than sixty groups who have chosen to live in the state, ending in the 1970s with an account of the various groups of Indochinese refugees.

[Review Of] Kenneth Kaunda, The Riddle Of Violence, Anani Dzidzienyo

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Kenneth Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia, has become one of the best known African leaders for a number of reasons: his involvement in the non-aligned movement; his advocacy of "humanism"; his position as a front-line statesman intimately involved with the denouement of the anachronism of white supremacy and the successful emergence of Zimbabwe. The Riddle of Violence, as the name implies, is supposed to be an account of his metamorphosis from an advocate of non-violence in the Gandhian mold to the realization that in the southern African context, the earlier non-violent commitment had become a chimera because the …

[Review Of] Joseph Rothschild, Ethnopolitics, A Conceptual Framework, Alan Spector

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Whether ethnicity stems from certain intrinsic group characteristics or whether it is a definition conferred upon various groups because of their political, social, and economic environment has been a fundamental debate within the field of ethnic studies. Most students of ethnic studies would agree that ethnicity today embraces both factors, and more, that it is the result of the interactions between both sets of influences. How these factors interact in the political sphere is the core of Rothschild's ambitious new book.

Learning Strategies, Daniel N. Osherson, Michael Stob, Scott Weinstein

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Capital Punishment And Lethal Assaults Against Police, William C. Bailey

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

This investigation provides a multivariate analysis of the deterrent effect of the death penalty on the rate of lethal assaults against the police. Examining state level data for the period 1961 to 1971, we hypothesize a significant inverse relationship between the rate of police killings and (1) the statutory provision for capital punishment and (2) the execution rate of convicted murderers. Contrary to the deterrence hypotheses, no support is found for the argument that the provision and use of the death penalty provides an added measure of protection for the police. Rather, variation in police killings rates, like the general …

[Review Of] Sandra Maria Esteves, Yerba Buena, Wolfgang Binder

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

With this, her first anthology, the New York born Puerto Rican poet Sandra Maria Esteves should establish herself as the "first lady" among the Latin poets in that city. Esteves, thirty-three, whose poetry has appeared before in twenty magazines1 and who is an acknowledged painter, combines in her best work her own ghetto experience with nature symbolism, political, cultural and racial awareness and a determined woman's perspective.

[Review Of] Elizabeth Weatherford, Ed. With Emelia Seubert, Native Americans On Film And Video, Charles L. P. Silet

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

This is an extraordinarily impressive and thorough compilation of primarily documentary films made by and about Native Americans. The Museum of the American Indian, the Heye Foundation and Elizabeth Weatherford and Emelia Seubert are to be commended for their effort and industry. Native Americans on Film and Video grew out of a major exhibition, "The Ancestors: Native Artisans of the Americas," where more than one hundred and twenty-five films and video tapes were shown by the museum.

Critique [Of Institutional Racism], James A. Perry

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

For those who see institutional racism as a problem which can be solved, the points of focus by Deloria are these: An institution is a "person" with a personality shaped by western-culture; and institutional racism is a phenomenon created by western culture. The idea that an institution is a “person” with a personality of its own is not new; the legal profession has held that a corporation, and therefore, an institution, is a “person” protected by the fourth amendment of the Constitution.

On The Street Be Singin', Jeff Langford

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Jeff Langford; On the Street Be Singin'

Critique [Of African And Pac!Fic Literature: A Comparative Study], Mary Sisney

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Kristine Martin states that “the literature which has developed over the past thirty years in Africa and over the past ten in the Pacific mirrors their shared experiences and outlook." Black Americans have also lived in a society controlled by whites. They have also been portrayed as uncivilized, culturally deprived, less-than-second—class citizens. And black Americans have also felt “bitterness, frustration, and longing.“ It is not surprising, therefore, that black American literature has many of the characteristics Martin found in African and South Pacific literature.

Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Anthony J. Cortese

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Historically, scientific racism has provided reinforcement for maintaining the status quo. Researchers who sought to discover and explain racial difference in intelligence generally operated from a functionalist or social facts paradigm. Gilbert Gonzalez shows that “Racism was essentially an ideological explanation for the social structure, and did not affect the distribution of property, but rationalized that distribution.“ In sum, scientific racism indicated that the social structure was based on the genetic make-up of racial categories.

Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Richard Santillan

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Gilbert Gonzalez’s “Racial Intelligence Testing and the Mexican People" is a major contribution in analyzing the educational factors which result in social inequality among the Mexican population in the US. For decades, the power elite has espoused the myth that educational achievement for minorities is the key to social upward mobility. Instead, Gonzalez views education as a system which perpetuates and maintains racial and class divisions in our society.

Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Unraveling the tangle of theses that shape the Skovira essay, “Some Symbols of Identity of Byzantine Catholics," exposes not only the intersecting dimensions of ethnicity but also the complex nature of semiotics. Before we can accept the author’s concluding remarks on symbols, we need to consider the ramifications of these various theses. It so happens that the two major theses clash: one suggests ethnic assimilation; the other implies a strengthening of national identity. Perhaps some clarity can be achieved if we consider these themes separately.

Critique [Of African And Pac!Fic Literature: A Comparative Study], R. Dennis Stewart

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Kristine Martin’s study makes available the relatively little-known literature of the southern Pacific basin islands. Her article has merit because it is compared with the more widely-read African literature, and she makes a significant contribution with the comparisions [comparison]. Both the Pacific selections, a recent phenomena, and the older African works are transitional literatures — striving to connect the colonized past with a post-colonial synthesis which is relevant to the author of the intended audience. As Martin shows. the audience is composed of compatriots.

The Social Psychology Of Imitated Jaywalking: An Extension Of Model Sex And Social Status, Edward W. Gregory Jr.

Masters Theses

A field experiment is designed and conducted to examine what effects the presence of a model who jaywalks (i.e., crosses a street against a "Don't Walk" light) has on inducing jaywalking by unknowing pedestrians who are on the street corner with the model. Two models are used, one male and one female, and their perceived social status is varied by changing their attire from one day to the next to determine what effects sex and social status of models have on initiating jaywalking in other pedestrians.

The review of related literature discusses the findings of a number of studies which …

Characteristics Of Proposed Goodwill Industries Store Site In Council Bluffs, Rebecca S. Fahrlander

Publications

This report examines several demographic characteristics of the area surrounding a proposed Goodwill Store site at 710 First Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa. For the purposes of this report, an area within a two mile radius from the site was examined. All census tracts falling partially or wholly within the two mile radius were included for analysis. The location of the proposed site is shown in Map 1. The data sources included the 1980 Census of Population and Housing, and the 1981 Omaha World Herald Consumer Preference Study.

Contents

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Table of contents for Explorations in Sights and Sounds, Number 2, Summer, 1982

[Review Of] Hedu Bouraoui, Ed., The Canadian Alternative: Cultural Pluralism And Canadian Unity, George F. Theriault

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Alternative might be defined as "proving or necessitating a choice between two (or, loosely, more than two) things." The reader with an active interest in the theme expressed in the sub-title will readily perceive as did the writers of the papers included in this interesting little book, that its main title must be understood in the looser meaning.

[Review Of] Lynwood Carranco And Estle Beard, Genocide And Vendetta: The Indian Wars Of Northern California, Charles E. Roberts

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Indian and white relations in northern California is a subject that has made little impact on the American historical imagination. Only Theodora Kroeber's lshi in Two Worlds, a book that derives its power from romantic concepts of the noble savage and the vanishing red man, has garnered much of an audience. What is sorely needed are histories of such tribes as the Pomo, Hupa, Witun, and Maidu that take them from the 1820s into the 20th century. Such study is difficult to pursue; the rapidity with which California's native peoples were overrun and their cultures shattered has left a chaotic …

[Review Of] Mario T. Garcfa, Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans Of El Paso, 1880- 1920, Joe Rodriguez

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Mario T. Garcia's Desert Immigrants documents and analyzes the growth of the border city of El Paso, Texas. The transformation of El Paso from a small crossroads community between Mexico and the U.S. to a major commercial and industrial metropolis is presented in terms of "the growth of American industrial capitalism and its need for new sources of cheap and manageable labor." Garcia's attention to the economic underpinnings of El Paso's growth is well developed and he integrates many types of historical information. Business and labor statistics, demographic figures and newspaper accounts of day-to-day life in the city show the …

[Review Of] Ira Bruce Nadel, Jewish Writers Of North America: A Guide To Information Sources, Stewart Rodnon

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

This is an extensive bibliography covering selected American and Canadian Jewish authors, both contemporary and historical. The book is separated into four major sections: General Reference Guides (bibliographies, literary histories, anthologies, etc.), Poets, Novelists and Short-Story Writers, and Dramatists. Each of the last three sections is divided into two parts: American-Jewish and Canadian-Jewish authors. Concluding the volume are two appendixes-Yiddish Literature, and Checklists of Additional American and Canadian Jewish Writers-plus the usual author, title, and subject indexes.