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[Review Of] E. Ellis Cashmore. Ed. Dictionary Of Race And Ethnic Relations. 2nd Ed., Alberto Pulido Jan 1992

[Review Of] E. Ellis Cashmore. Ed. Dictionary Of Race And Ethnic Relations. 2nd Ed., Alberto Pulido

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A recurrent theme in the sociological study of racial and ethnic relations is the discipline's inability to provide a clear and focused research agenda. Scholars in the field are troubled by their inability to agree as to the nature and scope of the discipline, and hence, the lack of an all-encompassing definition for the study of racial and ethnic relations. For example, a continual semantic debate exists over the appropriate usage and application of such concepts as "race" versus "racial" in sociological discourse. The Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations has been developed with this concern in mind.

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[Review Of] Nicolas Kanellos And Jorge A. Huerta, Eds. Nuevos Pasos: Chicano And Puerto Rican Drama, Phillipa Kafka Jan 1992

[Review Of] Nicolas Kanellos And Jorge A. Huerta, Eds. Nuevos Pasos: Chicano And Puerto Rican Drama, Phillipa Kafka

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The major weakness of this text is that it is a reprint of a 1979 special edition of Revista Chicano-Riqueña. Unfortunately, both the overall introduction (a history of Spanish American, Chicano, and New York Puerto Rican theater), as well as introductions to each play (which contain biographical data, analysis, and practical suggestions for staging) does not extend beyond 1979. Also, although most illustrations are excellent, the pictorial centerfold is a crowded and confusing collage.

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[Review Of] Roy Harvey Pearce. Savagism And Civilization: A Study Of The Indian And The American Mind. Rev. Ed. Of The Savages Of America, D. C. Cole Jan 1992

[Review Of] Roy Harvey Pearce. Savagism And Civilization: A Study Of The Indian And The American Mind. Rev. Ed. Of The Savages Of America, D. C. Cole

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This classic volume on the image of the Indian in the American mind first appeared in 1953. Although both limited and incomplete, Pearce's work compelled a virtual revolution in literary and historical approaches to analysis of public view concerning the role of Indians in the American past.

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[Review Of] Judith Ortiz Cofer. Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance Of A Puerto Rican Childhood, Angelo Costanzo Jan 1992

[Review Of] Judith Ortiz Cofer. Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance Of A Puerto Rican Childhood, Angelo Costanzo

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This is a rather loose collection of cuentos, or stories, by a person of two very different worlds. In the years of her youth, Judith Ortiz was shuttled between Paterson, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico. Her parents were immersed in the Spanish culture of the Caribbean tropics; but like so many other Puerto Ricans, her father left the island in the 1950s to secure a better life for his family. He joined the US Navy and spent six months of every year at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the rest of the time at sea. When he was stationed in …

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[Review Of] Laura Coltelli. Winged Words: American Indian Writers Speak, Hartwig Isernhagen Jan 1992

[Review Of] Laura Coltelli. Winged Words: American Indian Writers Speak, Hartwig Isernhagen

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Among the interviews in this volume, which were conducted in September 1985, some are quite important, all of them are extremely interesting, and together they form an aggregate that cannot be ignored by anyone currently working in the field, for collectively they raise a number of issues that are central to current discussions of (specifically) American Indian and (generally) "minority" literatures.

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[Review Of] Ruth Pelz. Black Heroes Of The Wild West, George H. Junne Jr Jan 1992

[Review Of] Ruth Pelz. Black Heroes Of The Wild West, George H. Junne Jr

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Ruth Pelz's book, illustrated by Leandro DelIa Piana, is written for elementary school children. Among the nine black heroes and heroines profiled are three women. They include the rough and tough "Stagecoach Mary Fields, the brave Biddy Mason, and the hard working Clara Brown." The men are the early explorer, Estevan; Chicago founder Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable; one of Washington State's founders, George Washington Bush; and mountain man James Beckwourth. Businessman and government leader Mifflin Gibbs and rodeo star Bill Pickett round out those featured. Some are more well-known than others, but all were important figures in the West.

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[Review Of] Choong Soon Kim. Faithful Endurance: An Ethnography Of Korean Family Dispersal, Jim Schnell Jan 1992

[Review Of] Choong Soon Kim. Faithful Endurance: An Ethnography Of Korean Family Dispersal, Jim Schnell

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Kim's book evidences his ability to present well substantiated data using a storytelling perspective. His work is well grounded. Thirty-six pages (one fifth of the book) provide notes and bibliographic information. However, the reading is light. It is as if through his research he has prepared a fairly complex cross-cultural perspective ready for easy consumption. Again, he provides "an interpretation," but I would not call it an academic interpretation. His strength (personal familiarity with the culture being studied) is also a weakness (a predisposed bias).

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[Review Of] Susheila Nasta, Ed. Motherlands: Black Women's Writing From Africa, The Caribbean And South Asia, Opal Palmer Adisa Jan 1992

[Review Of] Susheila Nasta, Ed. Motherlands: Black Women's Writing From Africa, The Caribbean And South Asia, Opal Palmer Adisa

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In recent years writings by black women outside of the US have gained acceptance, and many such works have been included in syllabi. Motherlands provides critical, comparative analyses of several important black women (Asian women are included in this category) writing throughout the world, and as such, sets a precedent as it is probably the first such collection. Divided into three sections, Mothers/Daughters/Mother(land), the essays examine writers who have become icons, Bessie Head, Jean Rhys, Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta, Nawal el Sa' adawi, Michelle Cliff, Joan Riley, Lorna Goodison, and Nayantara Sahgal. Some of the essays, however, explore use of …

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[Review Of] Herman J. Viola And Carolyn Margolis, Eds. Seeds Of Change: A Quincentennial Commemoration, Cortland P. Auser Jan 1992

[Review Of] Herman J. Viola And Carolyn Margolis, Eds. Seeds Of Change: A Quincentennial Commemoration, Cortland P. Auser

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n this year of the quincentennial, Seeds of Change should be read by scholars, teachers, and students across the curricula and by those interested in multicultural interdisciplinary subjects of prime importance. The editors have done an outstanding job of bringing together essays by experts on the subjects related to "the massive changes since the contact of the Old and New World." One of the effects that a couple of the authors touch on and examine -- the gastronomic revolution -- was observed by German Aremiegas's America in Europe in 1975.

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[Review Of] Werner Sollors, Cd. The Invention Of Ethnicity, Hartwig Isernhagen Jan 1992

[Review Of] Werner Sollors, Cd. The Invention Of Ethnicity, Hartwig Isernhagen

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The Invention of Ethnicity is obviously and admittedly shaped after Hobsbawm's and Ranger's Invention of Tradition, published in 1986, when the essays in this volume were finished. In the meantime, much of what Sollors argues for in his editor's introduction has become accepted knowledge under the general heading of the constructedness of identity and subjectivity. If, however, the book has not, as might appear probable at first sight, been overtaken and made obsolete by the very success of the views it advocates -- if the reverse, rather, seems to be true and to justify a belated discussion in these pages …

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[Review Of] Jewelle Taylor Gibbs. Young, Black And Male In America: An Endangered Species, Calvin E. Harris Jan 1992

[Review Of] Jewelle Taylor Gibbs. Young, Black And Male In America: An Endangered Species, Calvin E. Harris

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This is a collection of summaries of studies conducted over the past decade or more focusing on such problems or problem areas as: Education and Achievement of Young Black Males, Employment and Unemployment of Young Black Males, Delinquency Among Black Male Youth, and Teenage Fathers -- Issues Confronting Young Black Males. In fact, the central focus of the studies cited in this anthology are on young black males ranging from their mid-teens to mid-twenties. Besides Gibbs, the other contributors are Ann Brunswick of Columbia University; Michael Connors of Cal State University, Long Beach; Richard Dembo of the University of South …

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[Review Of] Benjamin B. Ringer And Elinor R. Lawless. Race-Ethnicity And Society, Alberto Pulido Jan 1992

[Review Of] Benjamin B. Ringer And Elinor R. Lawless. Race-Ethnicity And Society, Alberto Pulido

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The heritage of European colonization in the "New World" left a legacy of dualism for the contemporary nation-states of South, Central, and North America, according to Ringer and Lawless. As a major focus of their work, their "duality thesis" contends that European colonists constructed a society modeled in their racial, religious, and national image, resulting in the formation of a lasting colonial plural structure with a permanently established elite. Racial and ethnic groups emerged first as sojourner colonizers and then formalized their relationship with the establishment of colonies and the creation of racially segmented and subjugated societies. Dominant ethnic/racial groups …

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[Review Of] St. Clair Drake. Black Folk Here And There , Vol. I, Bamidele J. Bracy, Jean E. Daniels Jan 1992

[Review Of] St. Clair Drake. Black Folk Here And There , Vol. I, Bamidele J. Bracy, Jean E. Daniels

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St. Clair Drake, the recently deceased anthropologist, has written an elaborate "summary essay" on the black experience as it relates to the continent of Africa. In his latter years at Stanford University, Drake was head of the University's Black Studies program. It appears obvious that Drake's consciousness was raised during this particular time span. The research and writing of this book is far different from his seminal work with Clayton (Black Metropolis, 1945). In his "emeritus" years, Drake decided to seek the high ground of an historical anthropological-philosopher and address certain issues that W.E.B. DuBois considered paramount to the study …

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[Review Of] Richard Jensen, Et. Al. Eyewitness At Wounded Knee, Cortland P. Auser Jan 1992

[Review Of] Richard Jensen, Et. Al. Eyewitness At Wounded Knee, Cortland P. Auser

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Any student of the relations between Native Americans and the US government and anyone who has read with deep interest Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee should add this work to his or her library or reading list. James A. Handson, Director of the Nebraska State Historical Society, provides an excellent foreword. He indicates that it has been the main intention of the work to interpret the photographs taken by men, many of whom were from Nebraska, in the light of the centennial of the massacre in 1990; also, the work is published in commemoration of the sesquicentennial …

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[Review Of] Toni Morrison. Jazz, Cortland P. Auser Jan 1992

[Review Of] Toni Morrison. Jazz, Cortland P. Auser

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Francis Davis, writing about jazz in the Atlantic Monthly (August 1988, p.71), defined it as "a protean music with a sense of manifest destiny." I personally feel this definition may be well used to accurately describe Morrison's latest fiction. Stylistically and structurally it is a masterpiece, for mood and mode match. The stories about its main characters are told in the book's sections, and yet the sections are interwoven because of the interrelationships of these characters. In each such section time past and present are also interwoven in a "seamless" way. The lyricism of many of the passages spoken by …

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Gong Lum V. Rice: The Convergence Of Law, Race And Ethnicity, Malik Simba Jan 1992

Gong Lum V. Rice: The Convergence Of Law, Race And Ethnicity, Malik Simba

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In the constitutional case of Gong Lum v. Rice (1927), the United States Supreme Court, composed entirely of Bok Guey (whites), adjudged Hon Yen (Chinese) to be in the same social classification as Lo Mok (blacks).[1] The case, which pertained to "racially" segregated schools, reveals the problematic of law, race, and ethnicity.

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Critique [Of Gong Lum V. Rice: The Convergence Of Law, Race And Ethnicity By Malik Simba], Otis L. Scott Jan 1992

Critique [Of Gong Lum V. Rice: The Convergence Of Law, Race And Ethnicity By Malik Simba], Otis L. Scott

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For all intent and purposes the United States of America in 1927 was an apartheid state. The Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896 determined that the best social policy for this nation to pursue was one which required racial separation. The Plessy decision essentially capped a series of Supreme Court decisions which underscored the destruction of Reconstruction and the return of "states rights" to southern governments. Decisions like the Slaughter House Cases (1872) and the Civil Rights Cases (1883) gave clear evidence of the federal government's hasty retreat from serving as an advocate for the civil rights of African Americans.

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The Persistence Of Ethnicity In African American Popular Music: A Theology Of Rap Music, Angela M. S. Nelson Jan 1992

The Persistence Of Ethnicity In African American Popular Music: A Theology Of Rap Music, Angela M. S. Nelson

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The racial oppression of black people in many ways has fueled and shaped black musical forms in America. One example is the blues which originated in the rural South among poor, nonliterate, agrarian African Americans.[1] In the North the music became more formalized, and singers such as Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ida Cox, and Sarah Martin became known as the queens of the "classic blues." Another musical genre is jazz, which was largely based on the twelve-bar blues harmonic structure and phrasing. It was more "polished" than the earlier New Orleans jazz at the turn of the …

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Table Of Contents Jan 1992

Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 15, Issue 1, 1992

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Narrative Quilts And Quilted Narratives: The Art Of Faith Ringgold And Alice Walker, Margaret M. Dunn, Ann R. Morris Jan 1992

Narrative Quilts And Quilted Narratives: The Art Of Faith Ringgold And Alice Walker, Margaret M. Dunn, Ann R. Morris

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There have been two main streams of influence on Chicano artists aside from the obvious one that is the result of their artistic training, education and development in the United States. The primary influence came from Mexico, first during the colonial period in the form of New Spanish art and architecture, and then in modem times provided by the Mexican muralists through their work and their use of pre-Columbian art. The New Spanish materials formed the nucleus for the second stream of influence composed of the various manifestations of religious folk art found primarily in the Southwest.

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[Review Of] Charles C. Moskos. Greek Americans: Struggle And Success, Phillips G. Davies Jan 1992

[Review Of] Charles C. Moskos. Greek Americans: Struggle And Success, Phillips G. Davies

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This book should be of primary interest to people at the some thirty colleges and universities which offer courses in Greek American literature and culture. First published in 1980, the major strong point of this book is that the two added chapters and appendix deal with very recent developments on the Greek American scene, particularly the candidacy of Michael Dukakis for president.

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[Review Of] Shay Youngblood. The Big Mama Stories, Opal Palmer Adisa Jan 1992

[Review Of] Shay Youngblood. The Big Mama Stories, Opal Palmer Adisa

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Shay Youngblood learns how to tell stories from her many Big Mamas. The tales answer questions about her biological mother who is dead, what it means to be a woman, and how it feels to be black in Princeton, Georgia, prior to the civil rights movement. The voices of Big Mama, Miss Emma Lou, Aunt Mae and others leap off the page, and take readers on a journey into homes, on porches, and down the river fishing. Each story is a piece of a puzzle that adds to form a complete picture of the protagonist.

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[Review Of] Gertrude Ezorsky. Racism And Justice: The Case For Affirmative Action, Brij B. Khare Jan 1992

[Review Of] Gertrude Ezorsky. Racism And Justice: The Case For Affirmative Action, Brij B. Khare

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In this attention-grabbing book, the author addresses issues on affirmative action as an answer to American racism. No doubt, there is a strong penalty for black Americans inside the American social milieu, and a remedy was sought for this through the affirmative action program. The 1960s marked the onset of affirmative action programs which had dwindled by the 1980s, due to an adverse political climate. This book focuses on black Americans as beneficiaries of affirmative action programs because they are the descendants of slaves brought to this country forcibly and subjected to incessant racism. The government not only encouraged the …

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[Review Of] Charles A. Eastman. Indian Boyhood, Steven R. Price Jan 1992

[Review Of] Charles A. Eastman. Indian Boyhood, Steven R. Price

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Following his mother's death shortly after his birth, Charles A. Eastman acquired the name Hakadah -- the pitiful last. Not until age four, when his band of the Santee Sioux defeated their friendly rivals in lacrosse, would he he honored with his second name, Ohiyesa -- winner. This name bears importance, for Eastman retains it as the signature to his autobiography, Indian Boyhood. First published in 1902, the work represents one of the earliest examples of Native American biography as it details the life of Eastman from his native birth to his entrance into the white world at the age …

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[Review Of] Patricia Morton. Disfigured Images: The Historical Assault On Afro-American Women, Torrance Stephens Jan 1992

[Review Of] Patricia Morton. Disfigured Images: The Historical Assault On Afro-American Women, Torrance Stephens

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Historical studies with regard to the history of African descendents have recently evinced new efforts to dig deeper into the understanding of African peoples. These concerns are focused generally toward presenting an ethnographic interpretation of the African American community from the viewpoint of men. However, few have been produced that have advanced similar ethnographic perspectives regarding African American women from a female perspective.

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[Review Of] Richard P. Mccormick. The Black Student Protest Movement At Rutgers, Otis L. Scott Jan 1992

[Review Of] Richard P. Mccormick. The Black Student Protest Movement At Rutgers, Otis L. Scott

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The decade of the 1960s was pitched and rolled by the winds of social change. American society was being brought slowly, painfully, but severely face-to-face with its dark side. Both individual and systemic racism were being exposed and challenged.

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[Review Of] Craig Storti. Incident At Bitter Creek: The Story Of The Rock Springs Chinese Massacre, Richard R. E. Kania Jan 1992

[Review Of] Craig Storti. Incident At Bitter Creek: The Story Of The Rock Springs Chinese Massacre, Richard R. E. Kania

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In September 1885 a petty dispute among Euro-American and Chinese Union Pacific miners in Wyoming exploded into a homicidal spree which left twenty-five confirmed dead Chinese miners, and another twenty-six missing and presumed dead. In the weeks and months which followed, other Chinese miners and laborers were robbed, killed, or hounded out of the United States. Some of the parties responsible for these atrocities were arrested and brought to trial, but juries found no one guilty of these genocidal crimes. Many local, state, territorial, military, and federal government officials made good-faith efforts to protect the Chinese, but their efforts primarily …

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[Review Of] Cecil J. Houston And William J. Smyth. Irish Emigration And Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Links, And Letters, Phillips G. Davies Jan 1992

[Review Of] Cecil J. Houston And William J. Smyth. Irish Emigration And Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Links, And Letters, Phillips G. Davies

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This book should be more useful in Canada, where I have some reason to believe that there are more general ethnic studies programs than there are in this country. In this country, the major interest would be perhaps with less academic people who would be intrigued by the differences between the Irish in Canada and the Irish in this country.

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Critique [Of Gong Lum V. Rice: The Convergence Of Law, Race And Ethnicity By Malik Simba], Russell Endo Jan 1992

Critique [Of Gong Lum V. Rice: The Convergence Of Law, Race And Ethnicity By Malik Simba], Russell Endo

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Law in the United States may of course be viewed through a number of different perspectives. Over the past several decades, racial minorities have used litigation and legislation to reform institutional policies and practices, and this has given impetus to perspectives of law as a significant tool of constructive social change. While such frameworks have validity, Malik Simba's paper is a relevant reminder of the ideological and coercive dimensions of law and of its long history as a means of oppressing racial minorities.

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Table Of Contents Jan 1992

Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 15, Issue 2, 1992

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