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Full-Text Articles in Race and Ethnicity
Critique [Of The Challenges And Limitations Of Conducting Research Among The Old Order Amish By Jerry Savells And Thomas Foster], Louise Mayo
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This article, by Jerry Savells and Thomas Foster may well be useful for researchers attempting studies of groups living voluntarily outside of the "mainstream" of American society. To a non-specialist like this historian, however, the article is ultimately frustrating.
[Index, Volume 9,1986] Title
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Titles index of Explorations in Ethnic Studies vol. 9, 1986
Implications For Survival: Coping Strategies Of The Women In Alice Walker's Novels, Robbie Jean Walker
Implications For Survival: Coping Strategies Of The Women In Alice Walker's Novels, Robbie Jean Walker
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Various strategies for coping have surfaced in the uncertain, arduous, and frequently faltering struggle by black Americans for equality of opportunity, coping strategies characterized variously as carefully considered judgments or mere reactions devoid of ideological commitment. These efforts have engaged the attention of historians, sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, and other scholars motivated by a perceived obligation to explicate the nature of the struggle and articulate viable modes for ameliorating the effects of discrimination. Literary artists have also manifested a similar interest by using the medium of imaginative literature to illuminate and dramatize the realities of the historical situation.
Explorations In Ethnic Studies
An Interview With Geraldine Keams, Gretchen M. Bataille
An Interview With Geraldine Keams, Gretchen M. Bataille
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
When Geraldine Keams visited Iowa State University for the annual Symposium on the American Indian in 1983, I had the opportunity to interview her. The tape remained untranscribed until we met again in California during the fall of 1986, more than three years later. Geri and I discussed the directions her life had taken since our initial meeting, and we both agreed that her comments made in 1983 were still relevant. The interview is printed below in full, and some contemporary comments about her life bring the interview up to date.
Critique [Of Implications For Survival: Coping Strategies Of The Women In Alice Walker's Novels By Robbie Jean Walker], Otis L. Scott
Critique [Of Implications For Survival: Coping Strategies Of The Women In Alice Walker's Novels By Robbie Jean Walker], Otis L. Scott
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Intersecting the tools of psychological and sociological research which attempt to explain real human behavior with the tools of the novelist which attempt to portray a fictional accounting of human behavior, Walker presents an analytical model for examining the coping behaviors of three women in two novels of Alice Walker: The Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple.
The Challenges And Limitations Of Conducting Research Among The Old Order Amish, Jerry Savells, Thomas Foster
The Challenges And Limitations Of Conducting Research Among The Old Order Amish, Jerry Savells, Thomas Foster
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The Old Order or "horse and buggy" Amish have been a part of American society for more than two centuries. Today, some 95,000 Amish persons reside in over twenty states, a Canadian province, and two countries in Latin America. Although variations exist in the social values and behavioral practices within different Amish communities (or church districts), they have basically resisted the acculturation process that would reinforce and promote a standard of living and lifestyle embraced by most of the non-Amish in the U.S.
Critique [Of The Challenges And Limitations Of Conducting Research Among The Old Order Amish By Jerry Savells And Thomas Foster], David Gradwohl
Critique [Of The Challenges And Limitations Of Conducting Research Among The Old Order Amish By Jerry Savells And Thomas Foster], David Gradwohl
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The fact that the Old Order Amish have resisted acculturation processes in the United States is not startling news. The generally successful persistence of many aspects of traditional Amish culture as islands within the mainstream of American society has been well-articulated in general studies by John Hostetler and others. It is also documented in more specific community studies, for example the work of Elmer and Dorothy Schwieder at Kalona, Iowa, published in 1975 -- a source not cited in the above article, although that community was also among the individual Old Order Amish groups studied by Savells and Foster. Similarly, …
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 10, Issue 1, 1987
Critique [Of The Challenges And Limitations Of Conducting Research Among The Old Order Amish By Jerry Savells And Thomas Foster], Margaret Laughlin
Critique [Of The Challenges And Limitations Of Conducting Research Among The Old Order Amish By Jerry Savells And Thomas Foster], Margaret Laughlin
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Savells and Foster in individual settings and circumstances have conducted research among members of the Old Order Amish using interviews and questionnaire surveys. While they report their efforts in one paper, this reviewer suspects each author had very different purposes in mind as he conducted his individual ethnographic research project. Savells's and Foster's research may have generated new information, but this information needs to be linked with earlier research findings which in turn can be used to create new knowledge. The theoretical framework from which each worked is not clear, although both authors do attempt to place their findings within …
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1987
Critique [Of Identity As Theory And Method For Ethnic Studies By John Hatfield], Barbara Hiura
Critique [Of Identity As Theory And Method For Ethnic Studies By John Hatfield], Barbara Hiura
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies is generally viewed as a minor program in the academy, lacking research philosophy and methodology. Consequently, scholars who attempt research concerning peoples of color focus on the "group": their social history, migration patterns, political and economic development, educational attainment, and lifestyle. Social science disciplinary guidelines are the usual framework. John Hatfield's "Identity as Theory and Method for Ethnic Studies" provides a basis for truly understanding ethnicity.
Puerto Ricans: White Or Non- White?, Robert A. Martinez
Puerto Ricans: White Or Non- White?, Robert A. Martinez
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The question of race and racial identity among Puerto Ricans has been one of great confusion and misunderstanding. The confusion and misunderstanding exist both among Puerto Ricans and Anglo-Americans. This is a study of the paradox of race perceptions among mainland-bred and island-bred Puerto Ricans. This study was undertaken to look at several related issues: What are the racial perceptions and attitudes held by Puerto Ricans, both on the island and the continental mainland? Further, to what extent has Americanization of Puerto Ricans affected those perceptions and attitudes? Likewise, what role does class consciousness and class mobility play? How do …
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1986
Author And Title Index Volume 8, 1985
Author And Title Index Volume 8, 1985
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Author and title index of Explorations in Ethnic Studies vol. 8, 1985
Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined, Chris Ruggiero
Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined, Chris Ruggiero
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
In the last twenty years there have been a number of historical and sociocultural studies of Italian Americans. Few, however, have seriously addressed the female experience in the Italian American culture.[1] Indeed, Italian American literature is so deeply immersed in a masculinist view of the Italian American culture that a female corrective to this asymmetry is not enough. Upon critically reviewing the literature, the necessity for a feminist perspective becomes obvious. Consequently, the purpose of this article is two-fold: 1 ) to expose some of the mythology which surrounds the image of Italian American women; and 2) to suggest a …
The Editor Notes ...
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The Executive Council is challenging members to become more involved on a continuing basis with the revised newsletter, which changes its name to The Ethnic Reporter with Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 1986). The recognition that this publication is more than a newsletter is significant in that it provides yet another avenue of publication for members who have information to share which does not fit the format of a research journal. The first issue of The Ethnic Reporter includes an index of the first ten years; the index will be useful to those who want some historical perspective on what …
Explorations In Ethnic Studies
Self-Evaluation Of Black And White College Students, Keith D. Parker
Self-Evaluation Of Black And White College Students, Keith D. Parker
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
A major issue in the social psychology of race relations has been the axiom that blacks tend to manifest lower self-esteem than whites.[1] Much of the empirical support for this hypothesis came from studies demonstrating that blacks are stigmatized and subjected to a variety of unpleasant and derogatory experiences.[2] However, these studies are limited in two respects: first, by their use of small, nonrepresentative samples (primarily nursery school and kindergarten children) and second, by their reliance upon inferential (semi-projective) measures of self-esteem.[3]
Critique [Of Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined By Chris Ruggiero], Gloria Eive
Critique [Of Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined By Chris Ruggiero], Gloria Eive
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Ruggiero's stated purpose is ". . . to expose . . . the mythology which surrounds the image of Italian American women . . ." through studies of Italian American women and the Italian American family in a "feminist framework." These new studies would offer "feminist method and content" and new, unconventional methodologies would provide a "female corrective" to the "masculinist bias [found in] traditional ethnic studies scholarship." Ruggiero's motives are laudable, but she fails to clarify either the "masculinist," "sex-typed" view point she criticizes or the new "feminist" methodology she advocates. A "selected review" of "traditional literature" she offers …
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 9, Issue 1, 1986
Critique [Of Female Power, Ethnicity, And Aging By Linda M. C. Abbott], Lillian H. Jones
Critique [Of Female Power, Ethnicity, And Aging By Linda M. C. Abbott], Lillian H. Jones
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Analyzing the variety of ways in which socio-economic phenomena interact with socio-biological phenomena in women's and men's lives is a complex business. Abbott's essay is to be applauded, therefore, in that it directs attention to a subject often treated superficially, if not more frequently ignored.
Critique [Of Self-Evaluation Of Black And White College Students By Keith D. Parker], Lena Solis
Critique [Of Self-Evaluation Of Black And White College Students By Keith D. Parker], Lena Solis
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
"Self-Evaluation of Black and White College Students" presents informative results of a study concluding that blacks have higher self-esteem than whites at one Southern university. Although self-esteem in blacks at the university under study may be higher than that of whites, the same is not the case in elementary school districts throughout the Los Angeles Basin in Southern California.
Critique [Of The Ethnic Matrix: Implications For Human Service Practitioners By Jesse M. Vazquez], Albert F. Inclan
Critique [Of The Ethnic Matrix: Implications For Human Service Practitioners By Jesse M. Vazquez], Albert F. Inclan
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Vazquez brings to the fore a number of elements which should be of concern to educators as well as counselors today. His article is primarily concerned with the intertwining of cultures in the United States as ethnic minority groups increase in numbers.
Title Index, Volume 8, 1985
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Titles index of Explorations in Ethnic Studies vol. 8, 1985
Critique [Of The Ethnic Matrix: Implications For Human Service Practitioners By Jesse M. Vazquez], Russell Endo
Critique [Of The Ethnic Matrix: Implications For Human Service Practitioners By Jesse M. Vazquez], Russell Endo
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The main subject of Jesse Vazquez's article is clearly the ethnic matrix, although several related issues are also covered. While any of the latter could be discussed here, my comments will focus on the matrix itself.
Abstracts From The-Fourteenth Annual Conference On Ethnic And Minority Studies, 1986, Fresno, California
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The following abstracts and respondent comments reflect the variety of responses to the Conference theme "Visions and Revisions" and suggest the multiple ways in which participants approached both the pedagogical and theoretical aspects of ethnic studies.
Critique [Of The Ethnic Matrix: Implications For Human Service Practitioners By Jesse M. Vazquez], James H. Williams
Critique [Of The Ethnic Matrix: Implications For Human Service Practitioners By Jesse M. Vazquez], James H. Williams
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Vazquez's psychosocial model for understanding ethnicity and the ethnic process in American society and how this model could be used by practitioners and researchers to further expand their own work is noble. Vazquez fulfilled his purpose. However, the underlying assumption is somewhat misleading, i.e., practitioners and researchers, generally, are not employing the ethnic matrix model. Vazquez states that the absence of ethnic content and concern with ethnic issues in professional training programs was seriously questioned.
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 9, Issue 2, 1986