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[Review Of] Christine Oppong, Ed. Sex Roles, Population And Development In West Aftica [Africa], Ashton Wesley Welch Jan 1991

[Review Of] Christine Oppong, Ed. Sex Roles, Population And Development In West Aftica [Africa], Ashton Wesley Welch

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This volume is part of an effort by the International Labour Office to widen the appreciation of salient demographic factors and the role of women as workers in the developing world. As stated in the introduction, it examines issues central to the national planning of four West African nations by focusing on divisions of labor, resources, skills, power and opportunities. Its thesis is threefold: a need for more conceptually rigorous documentation and understanding of social processes on which to base policies and plans; the need to give proper consideration to the diverse and changing roles of women and men; and, …

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[Review Of] Margaret Connell Szasz. Indian Education In The American Colonies, 1607-1783, Gretchen Harvey Jan 1991

[Review Of] Margaret Connell Szasz. Indian Education In The American Colonies, 1607-1783, Gretchen Harvey

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In this ethnohistory of American Indian education, Margaret Szasz broadly interprets education to mean the transmission of culture over time. Within "the arena of contact," prominent Indians who helped mediate the relations between Euro -- and Native Americans are identified. Szasz calls these individuals "cultural brokers," and her analysis of their roles in the history of colonial education is an important contribution to scholarship.

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[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary Jan 1991

[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary

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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.

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[Review Of] Thomas Vennum, Jr. Wild Rice And The Ojibway People, David M. Gradwohl Jan 1991

[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. …

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[Review Of] Mitsuye Yamada And Sarie Sachie Hylkema, Eds. Sowing Ti Leaves: Writings By Multi-Cultural Women, Kate Motoyama Jan 1991

[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 …

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[Review Of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Evelyn Hu-Dehart Jan 1991

[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 …

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[Review Of] F. Chris Garcia, Ed. Latinos And The Political System, Jesse M. Vazquez Jan 1991

[Review Of] F. Chris Garcia, Ed. Latinos And The Political System, Jesse M. Vazquez

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Latinos and the Political System, carefully compiled by F. Chris Garcia, represents a significant contribution to the field of political analysis as well as to the study of the complexities and subtleties of the politics of the Latino community in the United States. While the book's focus is clearly on the emerging place of the Latino community on the American political landscape, Garcia and his collaborators amply demonstrate that as needs and wants are converted into specific policies, the implementation of these will have significant "ramifications for the rest of the system as well as for Latino politics specifically." This …

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[Review Of] Miriam Makeba And James Hall. Makeba: My Story, Nancy Hellner Jan 1991

[Review Of] Miriam Makeba And James Hall. Makeba: My Story, Nancy Hellner

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Like much of her music, Miriam Makeba's autobiography is both personal and political. As it details the story of a young girl's coming of age and search for identity, it simultaneously records the history of a country struggling for independence. In the prologue, Makeba compares herself to a South African bird soaring above the horror of apartheid (aparthood) which was instituted in 1947. As she recounts the details of war and injustice in direct, understated, idiom-filled prose, and as she intertwines details of ancient customs with the realities of modern technology, Makeba suggests that music best expresses the tragic subject …

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Critique [Of Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago By Gerald R. Gems], Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum Jan 1991

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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A Stacked Deck: Racial Minorities And The New American Political Economy, Noel J. Kent Jan 1991

A Stacked Deck: Racial Minorities And The New American Political Economy, Noel J. Kent

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The 1960s brought the promise of a new era of social justice for all Americans. Indeed, the overturning of official, state-sanctioned racial structures was a watershed in national life. During the 1970s and 1980s, however, the earlier momentum of the civil rights period dissipated as the end of the postwar economic expansion ushered in a crisis of American culture and polity. "Symbolic racism" emerged as a powerful political and ideological instrument to buttress resistance to racial and ethnic equality. During the 1980s, a Reagan administration antagonistic to the aspirations of minorities and the working classes in general was able to …

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Introduction: Ethnicity And Justice, Johnny Washington Jan 1991

Introduction: Ethnicity And Justice, Johnny Washington

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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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Ethnic Disparities In Sentencing And The Washington Sentencing Reform Act: The Case Of Yakima County, David L. Hood, Jon R. Harlan Jan 1991

Ethnic Disparities In Sentencing And The Washington Sentencing Reform Act: The Case Of Yakima County, David L. Hood, Jon R. Harlan

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An important issue confronting the criminal justice system is sentencing disparity. Sentencing disparity involves inequitable sanctions imposed on individuals who have committed similar offenses. These inequalities in sentencing patterns have allegedly centered on group differences and may reflect an ethnic or racial bias.

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Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Alan Spector Jan 1991

Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Alan Spector

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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.

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Abstracts From The Nineteenth Annual Conference National Association For Ethnic Studies. Inc. "Ethnic Studies For The Twenty-First Century" Jan 1991

Abstracts From The Nineteenth Annual Conference National Association For Ethnic Studies. Inc. "Ethnic Studies For The Twenty-First Century"

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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.

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[Review Of] Alma Luz Villanueva. The Ultraviolet Sky, Julie Schrader Villegas Jan 1991

[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 …

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[Review Of] Maryse Conde. A Season In Rihata, Phillipa Kafka Jan 1991

[Review Of] Maryse Conde. A Season In Rihata, Phillipa Kafka

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Born and now residing in Guadaloupe [Guadeloupe], Dr. Conde received the Grand Prix de Litteraire de la Femme from France for her contributions to Caribbean literature (an interesting honor, in view of Conde's perception of France as cynically instrumental in the destruction and dismemberment of African civilization).

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[Review Of] Mariano Azuela. The Underdogs, Silvester J. Brito Jan 1991

[Review Of] Mariano Azuela. The Underdogs, Silvester J. Brito

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The Underdogs (Los De Abajo) is a classic novel of the Mexican Revolution. The foreword briefly covers Mexican history, from Spanish Conquest to Independence to Revolution. Its purpose is to focus upon the main sociopolitical and economic problems of the Mexican Revolution.

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[Review Of] Rudolfo A. Anaya. Heart Of Aztlan, Glen M. Kraig Jan 1991

[Review Of] Rudolfo A. Anaya. Heart Of Aztlan, Glen M. Kraig

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Heart of Aztlan is a novel which portrays life in Barelas, a barrio of Albuquerque, during the post-Korean War period. While the characters within the novel are fictitious, the situations in which they found themselves were only too real. The mood of the novel was one of hope while the characters continually found themselves in a situation of apparent hopelessness. The author's dedication, perhaps better than any other words, summed up this seeming paradox. "This book is dedicated to the good people of Barelas ... and to people everywhere who have struggled for freedom, dignity, and the right to self …

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[Review Of] Lance Henson. Selected Poems, 1970-1983, Abby H. Werlock Jan 1991

[Review Of] Lance Henson. Selected Poems, 1970-1983, Abby H. Werlock

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A previously published Native American poet, Lance Henson, a Cheyenne, evokes traditional Native American characters, customs, and beliefs and 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.

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[Review Of] Bienvenido L. Lumbera. Tagalog Poetry: 1570-1898, Cruz Skinner Jan 1991

[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 …

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[Review Of] Jacqueline Pope. Biting The Hand That Feeds Them: Organizing Women On Welfare At The Grass Roots Level, Mary Ann Busch Jan 1991

[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 …

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[Review Of] Oscar Hijuelos. The Mamba Kings Play Songs Of Love, Cortland P. Auser Jan 1991

[Review Of] Oscar Hijuelos. The Mamba Kings Play Songs Of Love, Cortland P. Auser

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Hijuelos' novel, a Pulitzer Prize winner, earns it laurels through the author's craftsmanship. Its unusual flashback structure, its characterizations of the two Castillo brothers, and its many pages of lyrical prose are praiseworthy. Many readers will enjoy this story of the rise and fall in the careers of two Cuban musicians who flourished in the "Desi Arnaz era."

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[Review Of] Ann Allen Shockley, Ed. Afro-American Women Writers: 1746-1933. An Anthology And Critical Guide, Mary Young Jan 1991

[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.

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[Review Of] Charles Green And Basil Wilson. The Struggle For Black Empowerment In New York City, Otis L. Scott Jan 1991

[Review Of] Charles Green And Basil Wilson. The Struggle For Black Empowerment In New York City, Otis L. Scott

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This book by Charles Green and Basil Wilson is most informative. The authors, a sociologist and a political scientist respectively, draw upon the research and reporting methods of their disciplines in bringing forth a comprehensive interdisciplinary social science examination of the melodrama that is politics in New York City.

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[Review Of] Joyce Moss And George Wilson. Peoples Of The World: North Americans-The Cultural, Geographical Setting And Historical Background Of 37 North American Peoples, Harriet Ottenheimer Jan 1991

[Review Of] Joyce Moss And George Wilson. Peoples Of The World: North Americans-The Cultural, Geographical Setting And Historical Background Of 37 North American Peoples, Harriet Ottenheimer

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This is a disappointing book. It might even be a dangerous book. Disappointing because although it looks like a reference book, it turns out to have too many errors to be of much use in that fashion. Dangerous because if it finds its way into school libraries, then many of those errors will invariably find their way into student papers and student minds. Almost to add insult to injury, in what I assume is an attempt to provide a simple, readable text to a wide (and perhaps school-aged) population, the writers have adopted a remarkably awkward style. Some examples should …

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[Review Of] Frank R. Parker. Black Votes Count: Empowerment In Mississippi After 1965, Calvin E. Harris Jan 1991

[Review Of] Frank R. Parker. Black Votes Count: Empowerment In Mississippi After 1965, Calvin E. Harris

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From a broad perspective, Parker discusses the political impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Thus, as he notes in his opening comments, "Since 1965 America has witnessed a renaissance of black participation" in the political process. His central focus is on the impact it had on the state of Mississippi. Throughout his discussion he examines the court challenges directed at forcing the various southern states to live up to the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, symbolizes local grass roots pressures taken in concert with legal challenges and thus highlights …

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Obasan: The Politics Of The Japanese-Canadian Internment, Ann Rayson Jan 1991

Obasan: The Politics Of The Japanese-Canadian Internment, Ann Rayson

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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 …

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Table Of Contents Jan 1991

Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 14, Issue 2, 1991

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Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago, Gerald R. Gems Jan 1991

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.

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Informal Education. Sociocultural Expression. And Symbolic Meaning In Popular Immigration Music Text, Jose Macias Jan 1991

Informal Education. Sociocultural Expression. And Symbolic Meaning In Popular Immigration Music Text, Jose Macias

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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]

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