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Critique [Of Depictions Of Elderly Blacks In American Literature By Alice A. Deck], Helen Maclam Jan 1985

Critique [Of Depictions Of Elderly Blacks In American Literature By Alice A. Deck], Helen Maclam

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Although Deck concludes that no consistent image of elderly Afroamericans dominates in American literature, she has clearly demonstrated a dichotomy between black and white authors in its portrayal. This dichotomy might well be termed white myth versus black experience, and it is illustrated by the contrast between Uncle Remus and Uncle Julius. In her discussion of both characters, Deck has pointed out that critical distinction between structure, i.e., the "outer frame," and content, i.e., authentic Afroamerican folklore. Deck states that the legends told by Uncle Remus reflect a black world view. They were not, however, perceived as such until recently …

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[Review Of] Susan Guyette. Community-Based Research: A Handbook For Native Americans, Terry Simmons Jan 1985

[Review Of] Susan Guyette. Community-Based Research: A Handbook For Native Americans, Terry Simmons

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Community-Based Research has a clear sense of purpose: "This handbook is intended as a practical research guide for an era of self-determination in community development" (xvii). The author seeks to provide the means for research to be planned, designed, and implemented by community members with the research priorities set "by the community that lives the socio-economic conditions, rather than by an outsider who studies the community for informational purposes" (2).

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[Review Of] Elwyn T. Ashton. The Welsh In The United States, Phillips G. Davies Jan 1985

[Review Of] Elwyn T. Ashton. The Welsh In The United States, Phillips G. Davies

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Ashton's mid-sized volume about the Welsh in America joins the first, and very short account by David Williams, Wales and America (published in Wales in 1946 as part of a bilingual pamphlet series), and Edward George Hartmann's Americans from Wales (nearly three hundred pages, published in 1967 and reprinted in America in 1978).

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[Review Of] Jeffrey J. Crow And Flora J. Hatley, Eds. Black Americans In North Carolina And The South, Ashton Wesley Welch Jan 1985

[Review Of] Jeffrey J. Crow And Flora J. Hatley, Eds. Black Americans In North Carolina And The South, Ashton Wesley Welch

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Current trends in Afroamerican history toward local, regional, and quantitative history accentuate the prior preoccupation of historians of the Afroamerican experience with considerations of national significance to the all but total disregard of local black history. This volume is consistent with the present drift. With the exception of the concluding essay, Black Americans in North Carolina and the South is an historiographical exercise. It is a result of a 1981 symposium, of the same title, sponsored by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Another historiographical volume on North Carolinian history, also co-edited by Jeffrey Crow, resulted from the …

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[Review Of] Linda Hogan. Eclipse, Steve Pett Jan 1985

[Review Of] Linda Hogan. Eclipse, Steve Pett

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Linda Hogan's poetry is of the "world," a word which recurs frequently in Eclipse, her latest book of poems. The poems are personal yet not confessional. She speaks of the earth -- and for the earth -- in the roles of human being, Native American, woman, mother, daughter, and granddaughter. They are not the poems of self absorption, of reduction

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[Review Of] William Oandasan. Round Valley Songs, Victor Macaruso Jan 1985

[Review Of] William Oandasan. Round Valley Songs, Victor Macaruso

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

William Oandason, Senior Editor of the American Indian Culture and Research Journal and editor of his own journal, A, a Journal of Contemporary Literature, has published other books of poetry, A Branch of California Redwood (reviewed by Kenneth M. Roemer, Explorations in Sights and Sounds, Summer, 1984) and Moving Inland.

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[Review Of] Robert Fay Schrader. The Indian Arts And Crafts Board, Helen Schuster Jan 1985

[Review Of] Robert Fay Schrader. The Indian Arts And Crafts Board, Helen Schuster

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The current popularity, eminence, and international appreciation of the creativity of American Indian artists are such a viable part of the contemporary art scene that most of us are well aware of this distinguished achievement. But it was not always so. Robert Fay Schrader presents detailed, historic review of the trials, endeavors, and vicissitudes of a small but select group of men and women who sought to gain public recognition of American Indian arts and crafts during the first half ofthe twentieth century. The general focus is on the activities of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, an advisory and …

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[Review Of] Samuel Selvon. Moses Ascending, Laverne GonzáLez Jan 1985

[Review Of] Samuel Selvon. Moses Ascending, Laverne GonzáLez

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Sam Selvon's fifth novel Moses Ascending addresses the ethnic experience with dual prongs: linguistic and racial. Although the situation of the novel is not new -- the plight of the subject come to the motherland -- having been treated by George Lamming and others, this handling of the basic theme is: all the sacred cows fall before Selvon's iconoclastic pen. Moses, the "I" protagonist, is but a faintly veiled, highly disillusioned Selvon who dares look at the present world situation: the emperor has no clothes.

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[Review Of] Edward Rivera. Family Installments: Memories Of Growing Up Hispanic, Luis L. Pinto Jan 1985

[Review Of] Edward Rivera. Family Installments: Memories Of Growing Up Hispanic, Luis L. Pinto

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Puerto Ricans have been writing about their experiences in the mainland for a very long time. At the beginning, the majority of the texts were written in Spanish by Puerto Rican writers residing in this country or by Puerto Rican writers who lived here for periods of time. A careful study of the works published about the life of Puerto Ricans in the mainland shows that they were written in prose.

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[Review Of] Eddie Iroh. The Siren In The Night, Robbie Jean Walker Jan 1985

[Review Of] Eddie Iroh. The Siren In The Night, Robbie Jean Walker

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The historical novel presents many of the same problems of interpretation posed by the docudrama, both genres possessing an ambiguity attributable to the absence of clearly defined distinctions between fact and fiction. Eddie Iroh, author of The Siren in the Night, obviates the reader's task of inferring these distinctions by announcing in the "Author's Note" the fidelity of his presentation to both the nature and sequence of actual events and admitting the liberty taken in his creation of a military post that did not exist during the time period covered in the novel. The Siren in the Night, the third …

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[Review Of] Roberta Hill Whiteman. Star Quilt, Susan Scarberry-Garcia Jan 1985

[Review Of] Roberta Hill Whiteman. Star Quilt, Susan Scarberry-Garcia

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The central image of this collection of Roberta Hill Whiteman's poetry is that of a handmade gift sewn to last for generations. In an interview in Contact II, Whiteman says that a star quilt helps people, perhaps as a protector of a person seeking a vision. The title poem "Star Quilt" sets the tone and themes for the book, introducing the parallelism between makers of quilts and makers of poems.

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[Review Of] Henry Greenberg And Georgia Greenberg. Carl Gorman's World, Eugene Grigsby Jr. Jan 1985

[Review Of] Henry Greenberg And Georgia Greenberg. Carl Gorman's World, Eugene Grigsby Jr.

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Henry and Georgia Greenberg weave an interesting fabric with the story of the life of Carl Gorman. The warp threads give insight into the history and background of Navajo culture while the weft threads that move between the warp tell us about Carl Gorman. The events of his life add color and texture to the warp. At times the weave is tight while at others quite loose, sometimes with holes or gaps that seem to contradict. Significant highlights add bright color or rough texture to the life of this man who is artist, educator, soldier, administrator, father, and husband.

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Art Education In Social Context, Dan Nadaner Jan 1985

Art Education In Social Context, Dan Nadaner

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

Discourse about art, like other discourse, contains limits as well as possibilities for creating meaning about human experience. The following essay raises a series of questions about the difference between the discourse of most art education, and the discourse of contemporary art critics and artists. Why are these subcultures of the art world different, and what is the significance of their separation? Is art education systematically losing its capacity to make contact at the level of human experience? Has it alienated itself from larger social concerns? These issues are explored through general review of art education discourse and through the …

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Critique [Of A.K.A. Pablo: Mexican American Images For Television By Norman L. Friedman], Mary Beth Haralovich Jan 1985

Critique [Of A.K.A. Pablo: Mexican American Images For Television By Norman L. Friedman], Mary Beth Haralovich

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Norman Friedman's analysis of the short-lived sitcom, a.k.a. Pablo, raises many issues about the role of television in social life and the limited access of minorities to representation on television and to the decision-making processes of television programming. As his content analysis implicitly shows, the "situations" and the comedy of this sitcom were defined, set in motion, and revolved around various positions of Mexican Americans in relation to white culture and society. Pablo's Mexican jokes and flagrant stereotypical traits allowed him access to the world of show business and at the same time disturbed the self-perceptions and cultural pride of …

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Critique [Of Racism And The Canadian State By Daiva K. Stasiulis], Vagn K. Hansen Jan 1985

Critique [Of Racism And The Canadian State By Daiva K. Stasiulis], Vagn K. Hansen

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Conservative-directed change is a time honored feature of Canadian politics. Canada's elites have long recognized that self-interest may be served most effectively by accepting the inevitability of change and working to mitigate its effects rather than by seeking to block change entirely. In her illuminating article, Stasiulis holds that the development of racial policies of the Canadian state has been controlled by elites seeking to preserve their own dominance by simultaneously following policies of repression and responsiveness: bringing public attention to the problems confronted by minority groups in the Canadian society and attaching the legitimacy that accompanies expression of government …

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Cultural Differences In American And Southeast Asian Children's Psychosocial Development, Jacqueline Ulmen Zbaracki Jan 1985

Cultural Differences In American And Southeast Asian Children's Psychosocial Development, Jacqueline Ulmen Zbaracki

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Observance of Southeast Asian parents and their preschool children during English as a Second Language (ESL) classes suggests that rethinking commonly held developmental phenomena in psychosocial development may produce insight into Southeast Asian culture and childrearing, middle class American culture and childrearing, and child development in general. Because it meets the needs of parents, the Des Moines Area Community College offers child care with ESL classes for refugees in the Ames, Iowa, area.[1] This article is based on observations from nearly five years of experience in the refugee nursery school with parents and young children. Children's ages range from two …

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Critique [Of Cultural Differences In American And Southeast Asian Children's Psychosocial Development By Jacqueline Ulmen Zbaracki], Alice Deck Jan 1985

Critique [Of Cultural Differences In American And Southeast Asian Children's Psychosocial Development By Jacqueline Ulmen Zbaracki], Alice Deck

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Zbaracki's thought provoking discussion suggests one way in which the Southeast Asian, now American, community can enhance our understanding of a world view entirely different from our own and the ways in which it is taught. Their insistence on keeping the young baby, toddler, and pre-schooler in the company of affectionate adults demonstrates their belief in human beings as integral members of a community (or extended family group) first and foremost. Familial bonds in a foreign setting such as the American Mid-west could be seen as one way to give new born children a sense of an ethnic self esteem, …

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Critique [Of Between Shadow And Rock: The Woman In Armenian American Literature By Margaret Bedrosian], Orville W. Taylor Jan 1985

Critique [Of Between Shadow And Rock: The Woman In Armenian American Literature By Margaret Bedrosian], Orville W. Taylor

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This is a generally competent and perceptive analysis of the stated topic by a writer who is certainly a feminist and evidently an Armenian American woman herself. The basic theme of the paper, to quote the writer, is that "nowhere in Armenian American writing do we find a detailed and sustained reflection of a three-dimensional Armenian woman," and that on the whole this is due to "the unleavened state of [Armenian American] literature in general." She reaches these conclusions through examination of recent Armenian American writing, most of it by men -- to whom, not incidentally, she primarily attributes the …

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The Editor Notes Jan 1985

The Editor Notes

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Explorations . . . reaches another milestone -- after relegating reviews to its own issue and directing poetry to literary magazines -- perfect binding. The decision to move to perfectly bound issues of the journal was made by the Executive Council at the 1984 June Symposium. Here it is, and I hope you like it. Please note, however: Although our publisher has promised to provide this service at "cost," the editor must have comments from you in order to justify the additional expense. Last year in this column (Vol. 7, No. 1), I noted with sadness the demise of Minority …

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Critique [Of Cultural Differences In American And Southeast Asian Children's Psychosocial Development By Jacqueline Ulmen Zbaracki], Dennis Stewart Jan 1985

Critique [Of Cultural Differences In American And Southeast Asian Children's Psychosocial Development By Jacqueline Ulmen Zbaracki], Dennis Stewart

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Zbaracki's article is a pleasure to read because its style reflects the major theme of comparing the childrearing practices of two cultures. It is informative enough in detail to relate directly to the supportive literature. The author clearly shows her concern for the issues she raises and her empathy and dedication to her colleagues and the Southeast Asians with whom she works. She states her objective for the article and smoothly pleads her case for the need to understand the problems refugee Southeast Asians face in rearing their children in a strange land filled with strange faces and strange customs.

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Critique [Of Between Shadow And Rock: The Woman In Armenian American Literature By Margaret Bedrosian], Joe Rodriguez Jan 1985

Critique [Of Between Shadow And Rock: The Woman In Armenian American Literature By Margaret Bedrosian], Joe Rodriguez

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

"Between Shadow and Rock . . ." discusses how this ethnic literature reflects the place of women in Armenian American society. Few works are published by Armenian women. When women appear in Armenian novels of fathers and sons, they are often foils or narrowly portrayed in terms of stereotypes (e.g. loving mother, dutiful wife). Various themes recur in this ethnic genre: political upheaval and violence, the loss of homeland and the stress of immigration to the United States. Such themes call attention to the subordinate position of Armenian American women and their limited scope in society. Male characters expect women …

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Critique [Of Depictions Of Elderly Blacks In American Literature By Alice A. Deck], Neil Nakadate Jan 1985

Critique [Of Depictions Of Elderly Blacks In American Literature By Alice A. Deck], Neil Nakadate

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

"Depictions of Elderly Blacks in American Literature" is more suggestive than satisfying. It offers a useful introduction to its topic, but could have attempted either a more extensive catalog of elderly blacks in a wider range of American literature or a deeper and more thorough reading of a specific period or group of writers.

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Table Of Contents Jan 1985

Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 8, Issue 2, 1985

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Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1985

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.

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Critique [Of A.K.A. Pablo: Mexican American Images For Television By Norman L. Friedman], Charles L. P. Silet Jan 1985

Critique [Of A.K.A. Pablo: Mexican American Images For Television By Norman L. Friedman], Charles L. P. Silet

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

There is no question that the television show a.k.a. Pablo was an important media event for the Mexican American community. All such prime time shows which deal with ethnic groups highlight minority problems and give visibility to peoples otherwise not dealt with in the mass media. Whether or not such shows create as many stereotypes as they dispel is another matter altogether.

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Critique [Of Depictions Of Elderly Blacks In American Literature By Alice A. Deck], Terry Simmons Jan 1985

Critique [Of Depictions Of Elderly Blacks In American Literature By Alice A. Deck], Terry Simmons

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Deck's critical essay is a thoughtful and welcome commentary on the interrelationship between age, generational conflict and changing social standards as portrayed in literature about or by American blacks. The author discusses several important ways in which elderly are represented as mythic figures who embody personal experiential wisdom and a community's cultural and historical heritage; as advisors, story tellers or sages who have acquired an air of reverence, the ability to endure and the means to impart the wisdom of the ages, and as the sometimes difficult, infirm or hostile representatives of another generation who would impose different, if not …

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Abstracts From The Thirteenth Annual Conference On Ethnic And Minority Studies Jan 1985

Abstracts From The Thirteenth Annual Conference On Ethnic And Minority Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In on attempt to record a sense of the formal sessions at the 1985 Conference, the registration director asked Chairs to assemble abstracts and respondent comments from their sessions. Although the objective was full-coverage, it remains a goal for 1986.

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[Review Of] John R. Chavez. The Lost Land: The Chicano Image Of The Southwest, Joe Rodriguez Jan 1985

[Review Of] John R. Chavez. The Lost Land: The Chicano Image Of The Southwest, Joe Rodriguez

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The Lost Land is a fine example of ethnic cultural history. Chavez contends that various attitudes of Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo settlers who migrated to the Southwest (the states of California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas) have shaped the sense of identity of contemporary Chicanos in terms of where they live. Many Chicanos feel like " strangers in their own land," and certain features of non-indigenous cultures have fostered a sense of alientation [alienation].

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[Review Of] John Tateishi. And Justice For All: An Oral History Of The Japanese American Detention Camps, Russell Endo Jan 1985

[Review Of] John Tateishi. And Justice For All: An Oral History Of The Japanese American Detention Camps, Russell Endo

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

In one of the blatant injustices in American history, 120,000 West Coast Japanese Americans were evacuated from their homes by military authorities just after the outbreak of World War II and interned in concentration camps. This episode was the culmination of decades of anti-Asian agitation and more immediate pressures by politicians, newspaper editors, farm and labor organizations, nativist groups, and military officials based on false accusations of Japanese American disloyalty and fifth-column activity by Japanese Americans.

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[Review Of] Wilbur S. Nye. Plains Indian Raiders, George W. Sieber Jan 1985

[Review Of] Wilbur S. Nye. Plains Indian Raiders, George W. Sieber

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Published in 1968, reprinted in 1974, and a third printing in 1984, this volume contains a collection of 112 superb photographs, mostly by William S. Soule. Born in Maine in 1836, he was wounded in the Civil War and in 1865 entered the photography business, but sold this to become chief clerk in the sutler store operated by John Tappan at Fort Dodge (Kansas), where he resumed his photographic activity during off-duty hours. Soule probably made most of his photographs of Cheyennes and Araphoes [Arapahos] at Fort Dodge, some others at Camp Supply and Fort Sill (Indian Territory). All of …

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