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[Review Of] Robert J. Norrell. Reaping The Whirlwind: The Civil Rights Movement In Tuskegee, Floyd W. Hayes Iii
[Review Of] Robert J. Norrell. Reaping The Whirlwind: The Civil Rights Movement In Tuskegee, Floyd W. Hayes Iii
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Reaping the Whirlwind is a case study of the black American struggle for civil rights and racial democracy in a unique community of the Black Belt South. It is a story of Tuskegee's white political hegemony and the black elite's early cooperation with and later mild challenge to that dominance. In 1880, as a result of collaboration between white politicians and Tuskegee's black leadership, the Democrats secured political control of the Alabama state legislature. The following year, as pay-off for the deal, Tuskegee Institute was established with Booker T. Washington at the helm, and the goal became one of making …
[Review Of] Kenneth R. Philp, Ed. Indian Self-Rule: First-Hand Accounts Of Indian-White Relations From Roosevelt To Reagan, Elmer R. Rusco
[Review Of] Kenneth R. Philp, Ed. Indian Self-Rule: First-Hand Accounts Of Indian-White Relations From Roosevelt To Reagan, Elmer R. Rusco
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This book is a summary of a truly historic conference held at Sun Valley, Idaho, from August 17 to 20, 1983. Organized by the Institute of the American West, under the leadership of E. Richard Hart, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., and Vine Deloria, Jr., the conference brought together over 400 persons interested in Indian affairs from around the country; included were most of the people who do research and write on contemporary Indian affairs and many of the participants in past and present Indian affairs. For example, present were four past Commissioners of Indian Affairs -- Robert L. Bennett, Alexander …
[Review Of] Monte Piliawsky. Exit 1 3: Oppression And Racism In Academia, David B. Bills
[Review Of] Monte Piliawsky. Exit 1 3: Oppression And Racism In Academia, David B. Bills
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The first half of Exit 13: Oppression and Racism in Academia presents a case study of the University of Southern Mississippi. (The title refers to the I-59 exit leading to Hattiesburg.) Monte Piliawsky concentrates on the early 1970s, during part of which time he held an appointment in the Department of Political Science at USM. He portrays a university controlled by a bigoted administration and describes in great detail the arbitrary and decentralized authority exercised there. His depiction of the University's leadership reveals it as comical if insensitive at one extreme and viciously racist and vindictive on the other. USM …
[Review Of] Marjorie Pryse And Hortense J. Spillers, Eds. Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, And Literary Traditions, Cortland Auser
[Review Of] Marjorie Pryse And Hortense J. Spillers, Eds. Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, And Literary Traditions, Cortland Auser
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The centrality of black women's fiction writers may have been a fact before the publication of Pryse's and Spiller's compilation, but this critical anthology establishes such fiction as a main literary current of late 20th century American literature. The writers included do more than enlighten; they exorcise racist and sexist stereotypes and restore many authors to rightful places of recognition where male critics (black and white) failed to place them.
[Review Of] Bo Scholer, Ed. Coyote Was Here: Essays On Contemporary Native American Literary And Political Mobilization, Gretchen M. Bataille
[Review Of] Bo Scholer, Ed. Coyote Was Here: Essays On Contemporary Native American Literary And Political Mobilization, Gretchen M. Bataille
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Scholars doing research in ethnic literature have long been aware of the political nature of much of that literature. Although many critics find politicizing of literature difficult to deal with in their assessment of the artistic value of the works, it is dishonest to ignore this reality. Schöler has provided thirteen essays by creative writers and critics which define both the nature of the literature and the power of the political views which inform much of the creative output of contemporary American Indian writers. According to Schöler, "politics and aesthetics go hand in hand." Schöler and other European critics have …
[Review Of] Dennis J. Starr. The Italians Of New Jersey: A Historical Introduction And Bibliography, Lucia C. Birnbaum
[Review Of] Dennis J. Starr. The Italians Of New Jersey: A Historical Introduction And Bibliography, Lucia C. Birnbaum
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This volume does not aim to be a definitive history of the Italians of New Jersey, but it is an excellent model of regionally grounded scholarship, offering not only the story of one state, but an excellent synthesis of the scholarship on the Italian role in that "greatest migration of peoples in history" to the new world at the end of the nineteenth century. "From 1891 to 1915 more Italians entered the United States than did immigrants from any other country."
[Review Of] Paul J. Strand And Woodrow Jones, Jr. Indochinese Refugees In America: Problems Of Adaptation And Assimilation, Russell Endo
[Review Of] Paul J. Strand And Woodrow Jones, Jr. Indochinese Refugees In America: Problems Of Adaptation And Assimilation, Russell Endo
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Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, over three-quarters of a million Indochinese refugees have come to the United States. Numerous studies have been conducted on their adjustment to American society and on resettlement policies and programs. This book covers these very topics and is organized into three sections. The first part provides some background on the cultures and political histories of the major Indochinese groups and on federal and state policies and programs. The second investigates problems experienced by the Indochinese, particularly with regard to their health, education, language abilities, and employment and is based on a 1981 needs …
[Review Of] S. J. Tambiah. Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide And The Dismantling Of Democracy, Proshanta K. Nandi
[Review Of] S. J. Tambiah. Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide And The Dismantling Of Democracy, Proshanta K. Nandi
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Is it possible to analyze a political dilemma as convoluted and desperate as the turmoil existing today between the Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus of Sri Lanka that has cost nearly 5,000 lives during the last five years alone? S. J. Tambiah succeeds most admirably in offering a clear assessment of historical, sociological, and other factors contributing to the current crisis in Sri Lanka. This is no mean feat considering that Tambiah is not a dispassionate observer but rather, as a Tamil, has experienced first-hand the effects of the increasing polarization of the two ethnic groups.
[Review Of] Ngugiwa Thiong'o. Decolonizing The Mind: The Politics Of Language In African Literature, David K. Bruner
[Review Of] Ngugiwa Thiong'o. Decolonizing The Mind: The Politics Of Language In African Literature, David K. Bruner
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"This book, Decolonising the Mind, is my farewell to English as a vehicle for any of my writings. From now on it is Gikuyu and Kiswahili all the way." This declaration by Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one he has every right to make. Many of us, however, will hear it as a casting-off of the large and appreciative readership he enjoyed from the days when, as James Gugi, he instructed and enriched us with The River Between and other fine works of art. To be sure, one can sympathize with any African's hatred of colonization, can feel with him a …
[Review Of] Lydio F. Tomasi, Ed. Italian Americans: New Perspectives In Italian Immigration And Ethnicity, Gloria Lothrop
[Review Of] Lydio F. Tomasi, Ed. Italian Americans: New Perspectives In Italian Immigration And Ethnicity, Gloria Lothrop
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There are those who have heralded the 1980s as "The Decade of the Italian American" as many of the 20 million Americans of Italian descent achieve increasing prominence in politics, business, education and the arts. This new role assumed by Americans of immigrant stock has necessitated revised patterns of investigation addressing the impact of socio-economic mobility, the effects of transmigration and the growing phenomenon of exogenous marriage. For example, of the Italian American women born since 1950, between two-thirds and three-quarters have married outside the ethnic group. Finally, the size and multigenerational sampling provided by the Italian American population invites …
[Review Of] Anna Lee Walters . The Sun Is Not Merciful, Helen Jaskoski
[Review Of] Anna Lee Walters . The Sun Is Not Merciful, Helen Jaskoski
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Anna Lee Walters' first collection of short stories has already won two awards, the Virginia McCormick Scully Literary Award for "the best published work during 1985 reflecting the life, history or heritage of the Western Indians" and the 1985 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.
[Review Of] Gilbert Ware. William Hastie: Grace Under Pressure, Allene Jonse
[Review Of] Gilbert Ware. William Hastie: Grace Under Pressure, Allene Jonse
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William Hastie: Grace Under Pressure is a book written about the life and works of William H. Hastie, the first black federal judge. Gilbert Ware, who was a professor of political science at Drexel University in Philadelphia at the time of the publication of this book, is to be commended for his ability to capture and convey the essence of the person and leadership of William Hastie.
[Review Of] Joel Williamson. The Crucible Of Race, Orville W. Taylor
[Review Of] Joel Williamson. The Crucible Of Race, Orville W. Taylor
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Almost twenty years ago Joel Williamson, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, began work on this book, envisioned as the definitive history and reinterpretation of black-white relationships in our time. Along the way he modified his conceptions many times and detoured in 1977-78 to write New People, a study of the physical and cultural mixing of blacks and whites.
[Review Of] Ranjit Arora And Carlton Duncan, Eds. Multicultural Education : Towards Good Practice, Jonathan Pearce
[Review Of] Ranjit Arora And Carlton Duncan, Eds. Multicultural Education : Towards Good Practice, Jonathan Pearce
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The volume is a collection of loosely-coupled essays, several coupled somewhat more loosely than the others, and all relating to government provided elementary and secondary multicultural education and to teacher training in Britain. A good many British-education-bureaucracy abbreviations are used and these tend to slow the flow of the otherwise splendid cross-cultural transfer potential to American and other readers.
[Review Of] Roger D. Abrahams, Ed. Stories From Black Traditions In The New World, Itibari M. Zulu
[Review Of] Roger D. Abrahams, Ed. Stories From Black Traditions In The New World, Itibari M. Zulu
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Abrahams has selected this collection of tales concerning the experiences of African-Americans during and after slavery in South and Central America, the Caribbean, and the American South in an attempt to seriously look at Afro-American folktales (mostly collected by whites) in the New World.
[Review Of] Elechi Amadi. Estrangement, James H. Bracy
[Review Of] Elechi Amadi. Estrangement, James H. Bracy
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Elechi Amadi's new novel concerns the disruption of lives, traditions, and institutions caused by the Nigerian Civil War and modern society's emphasis on individualism. The novel opens in Port Harcout [Harcourt] - Amadi's own native surroundings-in 1970, at the end of the Biafran conflict. The principal character, Alekiri, has had a child by her Hausa soldier lover, Major Sule Dansuku, who had rescued her from the war front, where she had become separated from her husband, Ibekwe, and daughter. This imminent return of her husband to whom she remains married and the impending conflict of custom (Ibekwe' s duty to …
[Review Of] David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck, And Douglass L. Brownstone. Island Of Hope, Island Of Tears, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman
[Review Of] David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck, And Douglass L. Brownstone. Island Of Hope, Island Of Tears, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman
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The most compelling aspect of this dramatic history of immigration to the United States via Ellis Island is its vivid documentation of actual human experiences. Personal testimonies from dozens of immigrants form a living tissue that connects the detailed, fully-researched historical data on immigration history. These oral descriptions recreate the journey for us, illustrate the conditions in the homeland being left behind, and give us an insider's view of the bureaucratic tribulations each immigrant faced on Ellis Island. The result is a powerful, inspiring testimonial to the courage, ingenuity, determination, and strength of the human spirit. These accounts, often expressed …
[Review Of] Mary Dougherty Bartlett. The New Native American Novel, Helen Jaskoski
[Review Of] Mary Dougherty Bartlett. The New Native American Novel, Helen Jaskoski
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This volume collects work-in-progress of nine contemporary Native American authors, some already widely published and some less well known as writers of fiction, although all have published poetry, journalism, or scholarship.
[Review Of] Raymond J. Demallie. The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given To John G. Neihardt, Gretchen M. Bataille
[Review Of] Raymond J. Demallie. The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given To John G. Neihardt, Gretchen M. Bataille
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Although Black Elk Speaks was first published in 1932, it was not until the 1960s that the book gained widespread popularity and elicited the interest of serious scholars of literature, ethnology, and religion. DeMallie provides in this study a resource for further investigation of European influences on Lakota culture as well as the raw material for analysis of Neihardt's role in the final production of Black Elk Speaks.
[Review Of] Hugh A. Dempsey. Big Bear: The End Of Freedom, Robert Gish
[Review Of] Hugh A. Dempsey. Big Bear: The End Of Freedom, Robert Gish
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The more one reads contemporary Native American writing, the more one realizes certain overreaching universal themes: namely, that the Native American past lives on, and strongly so, in the soul and consciousness of descendants; and, regardless of tribal affiliation or homeland, the nineteenth-century cultural collision with whites lingers in all such rememberings of the past and in all accounting of the present. These themes transcend the boundaries of history and fiction, prose and poetry, and offer solace to Indian and non-Indian alike.
[Review Of] Frederick J. Dockstader. The Kachina And The White Man: The Influences Of White Culture On The Hopi Kachina Cult, Nancy M. Osborn
[Review Of] Frederick J. Dockstader. The Kachina And The White Man: The Influences Of White Culture On The Hopi Kachina Cult, Nancy M. Osborn
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To the delight of scholars of Native American studies and all other readers with even a passing interest in traditional Puebloan cultures of the American Southwest, Frederick Dockstader' s classic study, The Kachina and the White Man, now has been published in a revised and expanded version. This historical narrative of Hopi life, using spirit beings known as kachinas as its central focus, traces the changes and adaptations the Hopi have made in response to pressures placed upon that Indian culture by the seemingly -- inevitable contact with white society. In addition, the author describes in infinite detail the ceremonialism, …
[Review Of] Joseph P. Fitzpatrick. Puerto Rican Americans: The Meaning Of Migration To The Mainland (2nd Edition), Jesse M. Vazquez
[Review Of] Joseph P. Fitzpatrick. Puerto Rican Americans: The Meaning Of Migration To The Mainland (2nd Edition), Jesse M. Vazquez
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Joseph Fitzpatrick's second edition of Puerto Rican Americans returns to a form familiar to readers of the literature that emerged during the 1950s and 60s. In that sense, Fitzpatrick's new edition is comprehensive, multifaceted and filled with supporting data touching almost every aspect of the life of the Puerto Rican migrant in the United States. In this new edition, Fitzpatrick builds on the solid foundation of his earlier work (1971). While occasionally leaving himself vulnerable to his critics, as he did in his first edition, this new effort represents a significant contribution to the on-going dialogue and analysis of the …
[Review Of] Alex Harris And Margaret Sartor, Eds. Gertrude Blom - Bearing Witness, Ruth Sundheim
[Review Of] Alex Harris And Margaret Sartor, Eds. Gertrude Blom - Bearing Witness, Ruth Sundheim
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"This jungle filled me with a sense of wonder that has never left me. It has cast a spell over me, and I always return to it ... I have seen all this perish. It started almost imperceptibly." Gertrude Blom, a political activist and refugee from Europe, arrived in Mexico in the 1940s. In 1943 while working as a journalist she joined an expedition sent to observe the Lacandon Maya in the dense rainforests of Chiapas bordering Guatemala. She encountered these people at the pivotal point when they were still self-sufficient and worshipping Mayan gods but beginning to feel the …
[Review Of] Wyatt Macgaffey. Religion And Society In Central Africa: The Bakongo Of Lower Zaire, Dennis M. Warren
[Review Of] Wyatt Macgaffey. Religion And Society In Central Africa: The Bakongo Of Lower Zaire, Dennis M. Warren
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MacGaffey, professor of anthropology at Haverford College, has based this carefully crafted book on twenty years of fieldwork and archival research. This is the first systematic study of BaKongo religion. But the study is far more than an analysis of the religion, as MacGaffey demonstrates how BaKongo social structure and power relationships are embedded in its very fabric. Dividing the study into three parts, MacGaffey first focuses on a discussion of BaKongo cosmology, then describes BaKongo ritual and power, and finally deals with issues of change in the BaKongo religion and society. Taking the perspective of the BaKongo themselves, MacGaffey …
[Review Of] Jerrald Asao Hiura, Ed. The Hawk's Well, Victor Okada
[Review Of] Jerrald Asao Hiura, Ed. The Hawk's Well, Victor Okada
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Given the paucity of Japanese·American art and literature in print, one can only welcome this collection of poetry, short fiction, black-and-white prints and drawings, and calligraphy. The reader should be advised, however, that the title may seem to promise more than the book delivers; only five artists and five authors (poems by four and a short story by another) are included here. The volume thus does not provide a wide sampling of art or literature.
[Review Of] Alfredo Mirande'. The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective, Albert F. Inclan
[Review Of] Alfredo Mirande'. The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective, Albert F. Inclan
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Developed as a way to clarify and distinguish between Mexican-Americans and Chicanos, The Chicano Experience is a narrative of the history and struggles of the Chicanos living in the United States.
[Review Of] Felix M. Padilla. Latino Ethnic Consciousness, Luis L. Pinto
[Review Of] Felix M. Padilla. Latino Ethnic Consciousness, Luis L. Pinto
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An analysis of the concept of Hispanic or Latino as a form of an ethnic conscious identity and behavior separate from the individual ethnic identity of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and another Spanish speaking groups is the subject of Latino Ethnic Consciousness. Its focus is Chicago Mexican American and Puerto Rican populations.
[Review Of] Pepetela (Artur Pestana). Mayombe: A Novel Of The Angolan Struggle, Charlotte H. Bruner
[Review Of] Pepetela (Artur Pestana). Mayombe: A Novel Of The Angolan Struggle, Charlotte H. Bruner
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Mayombe: A Novel of the Angolan Struggle, by Pepetela, is a story of a guerrilla base in 1971. The writer, Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santes, fought in Cabinda Province with the MPLA forces that he portrays.
[Review Of] Paul A. Scanlon, Ed. Stories From Central And Southern Africa, W. A. Jordan Iii
[Review Of] Paul A. Scanlon, Ed. Stories From Central And Southern Africa, W. A. Jordan Iii
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Any work in the prestigious paperback African Writers Series commands immediate attention and respect. As policy makers and policy breakers wrestle about the South African question -- newly discovering the horrors of an inequality that has existed for more than 300 years -- it is refreshing to look at this collection of twenty-two short narratives. They provide a proper cultural baseline for the current struggle. Like it or not, what lies underneath the political turmoil are cultural values.
[Review Of] Maria Estes Sanchez . Chicana Poetry: A Critical Approach To An Emerging Literature, Glen M. Kraig
[Review Of] Maria Estes Sanchez . Chicana Poetry: A Critical Approach To An Emerging Literature, Glen M. Kraig
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Sanchez's reason for writing this book was to "contribute to an emerging body of literature that traditionally has had no voice in dominant academic discourse, ... [and to work] toward an understanding of the ambiguities suggested in the identities of the Chicano Scholar and the Chicana Feminist." There is no question that the author has been successful.