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[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary
[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
For those interested in relations between Japan and the United States, this book is timely. It traces American stereotypes and attitudes about Japan from World War II to the later 1980s. The author, an anthropologist who has lived in that nation, uses examples of popular American culture -- books, magazines, films and public opinion poll results -- to trace attitudinal shifts in the U.S. She effectively uses illustrations and cartoons from magazines and newspapers -- New Yorker, Time, Playboy, and the New York Times -- to indicate how American opinions have ranged over this period.
[Review Of] Bienvenido L. Lumbera. Tagalog Poetry: 1570-1898, Cruz Skinner
[Review Of] Bienvenido L. Lumbera. Tagalog Poetry: 1570-1898, Cruz Skinner
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Bienvenido Lumbera, in his Preface to this survey of Tagalog poetry, apologizes for the shortcomings of his book. Originally written twenty years ago as a doctoral dissertation, it does not take into account new information on Tagalog poetry and its discussion of precolonial poetry does not include new data on the oral poetry of contemporary Filipino groups. "I have bailed myself out," say Lumbera, "by persuading myself that many scholarly sins could be forgiven under the rubric of 'pioneering.''' And indeed these omissions can be forgiven for what the reader gains in return is a pioneering study describing and analyzing …
[Review Of] William Oandasan. Moving Inland: A Cycle Of Lyrics, Abby H. Werlock
[Review Of] William Oandasan. Moving Inland: A Cycle Of Lyrics, Abby H. Werlock
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William Oandasan, a member of the Uki [Yuki] tribe, demonstrates the tension between the new and the old, attempting to reconcile a traditional closeness to the land and to the past with apparently incongruent modern phenomena.
[Review Of] David Pilgrim. Race Relations "Above The Veil": Speeches, Essays, And Other Writings, Angelo Costanzo
[Review Of] David Pilgrim. Race Relations "Above The Veil": Speeches, Essays, And Other Writings, Angelo Costanzo
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
This is mostly a collection of speeches delivered to high school and college students by Pilgrim, who teaches sociology at Saint Mary's College/Notre Dame. A few of the talks were given to community and business groups in several Midwestern states, and thus each selection reflects the appropriate style and content level of the audience being addressed. The content of all the pieces, including the few essays and short stories, focuses on racial prejudice, but also deals with general biases pertaining to gender, ethnic group, and class.
[Review Of] Jacqueline Pope. Biting The Hand That Feeds Them: Organizing Women On Welfare At The Grass Roots Level, Mary Ann Busch
[Review Of] Jacqueline Pope. Biting The Hand That Feeds Them: Organizing Women On Welfare At The Grass Roots Level, Mary Ann Busch
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As a social worker by training and practice, I found this book of great interest. I would highly recommend the text for second-year social work classes and especially for social work policy classes as a supplementary text. I believe that it would also be appropriate for an introductory women's study class as a supplementary text. Due to the cost of the text, I recommend that instructors place the volume on reserve rather than have the students individually purchase the book. The author chronicles the welfare rights movement in Brooklyn, New York, during the late sixties and early seventies in her …
[Review Of] Felicisima C. Serafica, Andrew I. Schwebel, Richard K. Russell, Paul D. Isaac, And Linda B. Myers, Eds. Mental Health Of Ethnic Minorities, Jesse M. Vazquez
[Review Of] Felicisima C. Serafica, Andrew I. Schwebel, Richard K. Russell, Paul D. Isaac, And Linda B. Myers, Eds. Mental Health Of Ethnic Minorities, Jesse M. Vazquez
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This edited collection is based on papers presented at a conference held at Ohio State University (1986), entitled Minority Mental Health: A Multicultural Knowledge Base for Psychological Providers. The chapters included in the book are expanded versions of the themes covered in the conference. This excellent book is a welcome entry into the ever-expanding field of psychology known variously as minority mental health, cross-cultural counseling, and multicultural counseling and psychotherapy. It is a field that has grown considerably in the last two decades, as counselors, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and other mental health providers and researchers have attempted to understand …
[Review Of] Ann Allen Shockley, Ed. Afro-American Women Writers: 1746-1933. An Anthology And Critical Guide, Mary Young
[Review Of] Ann Allen Shockley, Ed. Afro-American Women Writers: 1746-1933. An Anthology And Critical Guide, Mary Young
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Despite almost four hundred years of racism, sexism and classism, Afro-American women have managed to sustain contact with their creative muses and with the needs and aspirations of their people. Frequently, these creative and activist women have been neglected by both Euro-American and Afro-American male critics. Additionally, with few exceptions these women writers have been excluded from the canon of Afro-American literature. Ann Allen Shockley has tried to remedy this situation in this anthology.
[Review Of] Edward H. Spicer. People Of Pascua, Gretchen Harvey
[Review Of] Edward H. Spicer. People Of Pascua, Gretchen Harvey
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On the surface, People of Pascua appears to be a focused anthropological field study limited to a narrow period of time. It should not surprise those who are familiar with Edward Spicer's preeminent scholarship on acculturation, however, that things are not always what they seem to be. It is true that this study concerning the Yaquis, begun in 1941, stems from Spicer's first field experience as a graduate student. Yet, People of Pascua has broader implications that go beyond the lives of the Yaquis who made Pascua Village, Arizona, their home. Spicer's methodology included biography as a means to better …
[Review Of] Paul R. Spickard. Mixed Blood-Intermarriage And Ethnic Identity In Twentieth-Century America, Terry E. Huffman
[Review Of] Paul R. Spickard. Mixed Blood-Intermarriage And Ethnic Identity In Twentieth-Century America, Terry E. Huffman
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Just as the mixing of peoples has been a dominant theme in American social history, it has also been a compelling, if not controversial, theme in American social science. Sociologists have long recognized that intermarriage is an important social phenomenon in American society. Thus, early American social observers were drawn to study this area of social life. From Frederick Hoffman's earliest studies of black/white couples in the late nineteenth century to W. E. B. Du Bois's observations on intermarriage at the beginning of the twentieth century, the systematic study of inter-marriage stands as one of the initial starting points for …
[Review Of] Russell Thornton, With C. Matthew Snipp And Nancy Breen. The Cherokees: A Population History, Cynthia R. Kasee
[Review Of] Russell Thornton, With C. Matthew Snipp And Nancy Breen. The Cherokees: A Population History, Cynthia R. Kasee
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A first glance at the title might wrongly suggest that Thornton's volume is best relegated to demography. This is, however, a wonderful reference for historians, ethnicists, and anthropologists, as well as an engaging work well suited for the general reader in Native American topics.
[Review Of] K. S. Tom. Echoes From Old China: Life, Legends, And Lore Of The Middle Kingdom, Jim Schnell
[Review Of] K. S. Tom. Echoes From Old China: Life, Legends, And Lore Of The Middle Kingdom, Jim Schnell
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K. S. Tom provides insightful glimpses into a variety of aspects of Chinese culture. In the preface, the author states "this book provides a general introduction to Chinese customs, traditions and culture. It is by no means an exhaustive or definitive account of the topics that have been selected for discussion." This reviewer was initially distracted because of the wide range of topics covered and the lack of conclusiveness and interrelatedness among these topics. However, acknowledgement by the author that this book is an introduction to a variety of aspects of Chinese culture, rather than a conclusive analysis, encouraged this …
[Review Of] Thomas Vennum, Jr. Wild Rice And The Ojibway People, David M. Gradwohl
[Review Of] Thomas Vennum, Jr. Wild Rice And The Ojibway People, David M. Gradwohl
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Everything you wanted to know and lots more you never thought to ask about North American wild rice are included in this extensive tome. The plant is labelled Zizania aquatica in the Linnaean nomenclature; the Ojibway called it manoomin. The author discusses the scientific classification of wild rice, its germination, growth cycle, habitat, and enemies. He also takes up the varied uses of wild rice as food: its nutritional value, methods of preparing and cooking the grain, and the reactions of Euro-Americans to this native plant which is exceedingly rich in carbohydrates and converts efficiently to energy in the body. …
[Review Of] Alma Luz Villanueva. The Ultraviolet Sky, Julie Schrader Villegas
[Review Of] Alma Luz Villanueva. The Ultraviolet Sky, Julie Schrader Villegas
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Villanueva's first novel portrays the difficulties of self-affirmation and the struggle to understand and come to terms with a multi-faceted identity despite the single-minded conventions of society. Rosa, an artist of Mexican and German heritage, struggles to create herself and find a home where all her fragmented selves can rest. Through dreams, her relationship with her husband Julio, and her struggle to paint an obscure ultraviolet sky, she begins to explore her identities and to trust where they will lead her. She chooses to follow her "wolf' who whines and claws at her consciousness and only awakens fully in her …
[Review Of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Evelyn Hu-Dehart
[Review Of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Evelyn Hu-Dehart
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I am personally delighted to see the re-issue of Jade Snow Wong's autobiographical novel, Fifth Chinese Daughter. Shortly after I arrived in the U.S. in 1959 as a rather bewildered young girl immigrant of twelve, it was my good fortune to have stumbled onto -- in the local public library -- Jade Snow Wong's wonderful story of growing up Chinese and female in America, in both the ethnic enclave of Chinatown and the San Francisco Bay Area's white college and working worlds. It helped me better understand the experience of being an "American-Chinese," the term used in those days. The …
[Review Of] Mitsuye Yamada And Sarie Sachie Hylkema, Eds. Sowing Ti Leaves: Writings By Multi-Cultural Women, Kate Motoyama
[Review Of] Mitsuye Yamada And Sarie Sachie Hylkema, Eds. Sowing Ti Leaves: Writings By Multi-Cultural Women, Kate Motoyama
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Sowing Ti Leaves gathers together personal narratives, poems, essays, and a scholarly study which were produced during the Multi-Cultural Women Writers (MCWW) of Orange County's nine-year existence. Coeditor Mitsuye Yamada states in her introduction that the writing group was formed to provide a common reference point and a forum for expression. While MCWW's ancestral ties are diverse (Argentinian, Chinese, East Indian, Hawaiian, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Lebanese, Okinawan), its members share experiences as women living within the "majority" culture. The writing process is used to enable "minority" women to understand their culture(s) and to proclaim their identities. MCWW provides a space …
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 14, Issue 1, 1991
Introduction: Ethnicity And Justice, Johnny Washington
Introduction: Ethnicity And Justice, Johnny Washington
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The ideal of social justice in the United States has its roots in both the Judeo-Christian and ancient Greek traditions. From the latter our notion of democracy as a just institution is derived. At the theoretical level, Plato attempted to define ideal justice in his Republic, but here we are not concerned with ideal justice. At the practical level, the Hebrew prophet Amos urged public officials to practice justice as enjoined by Moses and his predecessors. Some 2700 years later Martin Luther King, Jr., sought to combine these two senses of justice when he insisted that America can satisfy its …
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Obasan: The Politics Of The Japanese-Canadian Internment, Ann Rayson
Obasan: The Politics Of The Japanese-Canadian Internment, Ann Rayson
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Joy Kogawa is a well known Japanese-Canadian poet and novelist. Her award-winning autobiographical novel, Obasan (1981),[1] examines the personal wartime internment experience of the author through the fictionalized persona of Naomi Nakane and her Aunt Emily Kato. Obasan, the title character, is Naomi's other aunt, the one who raises her when World War II destroys the family. Emily is a political activist, the voice of protest and conscience in the novel, while the narrator, Naomi, has to work through her own silence and that of all Japanese-Canadians. As a novel with a dual voice, Obasan is able to probe the …
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1991
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 14, Issue 2, 1991
Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago, Gerald R. Gems
Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago, Gerald R. Gems
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The City of Chicago recently embarked upon a pioneering effort to transform the quality of its public school system. The concept of decentralization that allows for neighborhood councils, greater decision-making at the local level, and increased parental involvement in the schools is not a new one. Similar governance structures of a century ago fell victim to class and ethnic factionalism. The progressive vision of a homogenous society assumed a passive clientele and a consensus culture. Particular educational programs brought diverse groups closer to the mainstream, but the resultant mass culture accommodated pluralistic values rather than the sought-after homogeneity.
Critique [Of Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago By Gerald R. Gems], Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum
Critique [Of Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago By Gerald R. Gems], Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum
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Gerald R. Gems has successfully put into historical context the significant issues of educational reform in the United States. In 1900, and in 1991, educational issues should be at the center of a national discussion of the kind of country we want to be.
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Informal Education. Sociocultural Expression. And Symbolic Meaning In Popular Immigration Music Text, Jose Macias
Informal Education. Sociocultural Expression. And Symbolic Meaning In Popular Immigration Music Text, Jose Macias
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
One February morning as I noted the events of the primary school talent show, a sixth-grade boy belted out this song made popular in two countries by the Mexican rock group, Los Bukis. It was 1987, and I was doing fieldwork in a rural Mexican immigrant-sending community I call San Felipe, for an ethnography of families and their children who emigrated from Mexico to the United States[2]
Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Paivi H. Hoikkala
Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Paivi H. Hoikkala
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
In her essay, Christine Morris addresses an important topic in the study of ethnic relations: the relationship between the written word and the oral tradition. She points out that studies often concentrate on the economic and social effects that the written tradition has on oral cultures; however, the ethics of this process has been ignored in research. Morris examines this aspect of the relationship and argues that the replacement of the oral tradition with the written word is a continuation of western chauvinism that has been the basis of the European conquest of aboriginal cultures in the world. The replacement …
Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Alan Spector
Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Alan Spector
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Christine Morris stimulates, provokes, and challenges some fundamental axioms about culture and literature in her intriguing essay. The absolutism of her position forces readers to critically examine their own ideas about the transmission and preservation of culture. Ultimately, I have some skepticism about the absolutism of her position, but her paper moved me several steps towards her position and caused me to evaluate my ideas on other issues as well.
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 14, Issue 2, 1991
Abstracts From The Nineteenth Annual Conference National Association For Ethnic Studies. Inc. "Ethnic Studies For The Twenty-First Century"
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
With the leadership of James H. Williams, Tengemana Thumbutu, and the staff of the College of Arts at California State Polytechnic University, NAES had one of its best-attended conferences ever. Participants enjoyed the sunny and smog-free skies of spring in California and the amenities of the Kellogg West Conference Center while renewing their commitment to the need to study and implement current research in ethnic studies.
[Review Of] Stephen R. Applewhite, Ed. Hispanic Elderly In Transition: Theory, Research, Policy And Practice, Allene Jones
[Review Of] Stephen R. Applewhite, Ed. Hispanic Elderly In Transition: Theory, Research, Policy And Practice, Allene Jones
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The main focus of this book is aging as it relates to the Hispanic elderly. The author states that "the primary goal of this book is to offer a contextual overview of Hispanic aging-ranging from complex issues to tentative answers."