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[Review Of] Shirley Goek-Lin Lim, Mayumi Tsutakawa And Margarita Donnelly, Eds. The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women's Anthology, Cortland P. Auser
[Review Of] Shirley Goek-Lin Lim, Mayumi Tsutakawa And Margarita Donnelly, Eds. The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women's Anthology, Cortland P. Auser
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The Forbidden Stitch appears to be one of the better anthologies of the work of Asian American women writers. The editors have worked assiduously to make it comprehensive. It is an exceptionally fine selection of prose, poetry, essays, and reviews. In an introduction it is stressed that the collection underlines the differences among the writers, correcting the error of too many critics who homogenize the term "Asian American women." The writers lack a common history. "The thread they form is 'multi-colored' and 'many layered.''' "The voices are plural."
[Review Of] Americo Paredes. George Washington Gomez, Carl R. Shirley
[Review Of] Americo Paredes. George Washington Gomez, Carl R. Shirley
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Américo Paredes is a figure quite familiar to anyone who has delved even lightly and briefly into Chicano literature, history, and culture. His long and distinguished career as a teacher at the University of Texas and his excellent scholarly publications have insured that his name is among the first encountered as one begins to examine the writings of Mexican Americans. "With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero (1958) is a landmark study, and his collections, A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border (1976) and Folktales of Mexico (1979) are significant contributions to the corpus …
[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
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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] 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] 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] Dorothy Sterling. Black Foremothers: Three Lives, Allene Jones
[Review Of] Dorothy Sterling. Black Foremothers: Three Lives, Allene Jones
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Black Foremothers is a much needed book written about the lives of three important black women: Ellen Craft, Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell. The author, Dorothy Sterling, is to be commended for her ability to piece together the lives of these women and present them in such an interesting manner. In the foreword, Margaret Walker states that the author is highly qualified to write biographies of black women because of her intense study of American black people for at least twenty-five years.
[Review Of] Peter M. Whiteley. Deliberate Acts: Changing Hopi Culture Through The Oraibi Split, David M. Gradwohl
[Review Of] Peter M. Whiteley. Deliberate Acts: Changing Hopi Culture Through The Oraibi Split, David M. Gradwohl
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In this volume, Peter Whiteley, an anthropologist, probes into the reasons for the split in Oraibi, largest of the thirteen Hopi Indian communities in northeastern Arizona, early in this century. Oraibi was a thriving village in 1540 at the time of Coronado's entrada into the southwest; archaeological evidence suggests that the village was settled at least four or five centuries earlier. In 1906, one group of villagers angrily left or were forced out of Oraibi and established a settlement known as Bacavi. Previous studies have portrayed the Bacavi Hopi as "hostiles," that is, culturally traditional people who opposed U.S. goverment …
[Review Of] Roland E. Wolsey. The Black Press, U.S.A., Allene Jones
[Review Of] Roland E. Wolsey. The Black Press, U.S.A., Allene Jones
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The Black Press, U.S.A. is an interesting book written about black publications in the United States from a historical perspective. The author, a white professor emeritus of Journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University, is to be commended on his ability to organize the history of the black press in such an organized and interesting manner.
[Review Of] Margaret B. Wilkerson, Ed. 9 Plays By Black Women, Opal Palmer Adisa
[Review Of] Margaret B. Wilkerson, Ed. 9 Plays By Black Women, Opal Palmer Adisa
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Black women writers, primarily novelists, have taken center stage for the last two decades, but black women playwrights have not been given similar coverage. The explanation, in part, is that plays are often only published after successful productions, and the plays by the majority of black women have only been produced in local, small theaters. Consequently, their works have not been given serious critical attention. Margaret Wilkerson's 9 Plays by Black Women showcases plays by established and well celebrated black female playwrights, like Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, Ntozake Shange, and Beah Richards as well as less well-known playwrights whose works …
[Review Of] H. David Brumble Iii. American Indian Autobiography, Raymond A. Bucko
[Review Of] H. David Brumble Iii. American Indian Autobiography, Raymond A. Bucko
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American Indian Autobiography provides significant insight into the nature and production of Indian autobiographies, past and present. Aware of the heterogeneity of native cultures, H. David Brumble perceptively demonstrates the continuity of these works with both their cultural and literary roots -- oral narrative. He elucidates six genera of oral narrative, convincingly establishing their continuity from the earliest to contemporary works. Stressing the bicultural nature of Indian autobiography, Brumble carefully analyzes both the effect of white editors working within the cultural assumptions of their eras in eliciting and shaping Indian autobiographies and the ramifications of culture contact and adaptation on …
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[Review Of] Sabine R. Ulibarri. El Condor And Other Stories, Carl R. Shirley
[Review Of] Sabine R. Ulibarri. El Condor And Other Stories, Carl R. Shirley
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This volume continues in the same vein as Governor Glu Glu, but Ulibarri here delves even more deeply into the world of fantasy. Many of the eleven stories in El Condor are like sugar-coated medicine: the sweetness prepares the reader for the lesson which comes in the form of a moral at the end. "The Man Who Didn't Eat," for example, is a tale of the scientific creation of a man who is vegetable Frankenstein's monster, with parts taken from many plants. The creature in Ulibarri's story is benevolent; as a result of his superhuman effort to save his neighbors …
[Review Of] Sid White And S. E. Solberg, Eds. Peoples Of Washington: Perspectives On Cultural Diversity, Phillips G. Davies
[Review Of] Sid White And S. E. Solberg, Eds. Peoples Of Washington: Perspectives On Cultural Diversity, Phillips G. Davies
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This book about the various ethnic people in the state is disappointing in two ways: its format, and its very limited material about some of the groups who have been and are living in the state.
[Review Of] Carolyn Gilman And Mary Jane Schneider. The Way To Independence: Memories Of A Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920, Paivi H. Hoikkala
[Review Of] Carolyn Gilman And Mary Jane Schneider. The Way To Independence: Memories Of A Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920, Paivi H. Hoikkala
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In the early 1800s, when Lewis and Clark visited the Hidatsas, they lived at the mouth of the Knife River with their close allies the Mandans. The estimated 2,000 Hidatsas farmed the fertile valleys and lived in villages overlooking the river. But in 1837, smallpox struck these village dwellers and diminished their numbers by half. The remainder of Hidatsas and Mandans decided to leave their homes and journey north, settling in Like-a-Fishhook village. In 1885, the Hidatsas moved again, this time settling in Independence, North Dakota.
[Review Of] Nash Candelaria. The Day The Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne, Carl R. Shirley
[Review Of] Nash Candelaria. The Day The Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne, Carl R. Shirley
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Although Nash Candelaria has published quite a few short stories, it is in the field of the novel where his most outstanding contributions lie. Memories of the Alhambra (1977), Not by the Sword (1982), and Inheritance of Strangers (1985) form an historical trilogy of New Mexico that expresses the conflicts inherent in a society that is largely defined in terms of conquest. The first work takes a disturbing look at a "New" Mexican who wants to believe he is Spanish, while the other two depict the resiliency of the culture in crisis of the first book.
[Review Of] Clara E. Rodriguez. Puerto Ricans Born In The U.S.A, Jesse M. Vazquez
[Review Of] Clara E. Rodriguez. Puerto Ricans Born In The U.S.A, Jesse M. Vazquez
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It may be apocryphal by now, but it has often been said, and it is repeated again by Rodriguez in her most recent contribution to the literature that "Puerto Ricans still hold the dubious distinction of being among the most researched and least understood people in the United States, if not the world. "Rodriguez's use of the existing voluminous literature on the Puerto Rican experience certainly reinforces this widely held belief. Puerto Ricans are the second largest Latino ethnic group in the United States, and in New York City one out of every eight people is Puerto Rican. This is …
[Review Of] Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. "Let All Of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans And The Campaign For Educational Equality In Texas, 1910-1981, Carlos F. Ortega
[Review Of] Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. "Let All Of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans And The Campaign For Educational Equality In Texas, 1910-1981, Carlos F. Ortega
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It is well known among educational researchers that pervasive segregation of blacks and underepresentation [underrepresentation] of Mexican Americans in higher education continues to this day, although these practices and policies violate federal law. A recent study by the Tomas Rivera Center for Policy Studies found that the state of Texas failed during the five years of its Equal Educational Opportunity Plan for Higher Education to eliminate the disparities in its system and improve the educational experiences of minorities. The structural dimensions of educational policy have a long and tumultuous history. Moreover, the notion that Mexican American parents care little for …
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[Review Of] Cary D. Wintz. Black Culture And The Harlem Renaissance, John C. Walter
[Review Of] Cary D. Wintz. Black Culture And The Harlem Renaissance, John C. Walter
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In 1925 Professor Alain Locke argued in The New Negro that the Negro was "moving forward under the control largely of his own objectives ..." which were "none other than the ideals of American institutions and democracy." This allowed for blacks everywhere to be called "New Negroes" but nowhere were there as many New Negroes as in Harlem. The activities of these people in politics, arts, literature, music and the like between World War I and the Depression Era came to be called the Harlem Renaissance.
[Review Of] Beth Brant, Ed. A Gathering Of Spirit: A Collection By North American Indian Women, Paivi H. Hoikkala
[Review Of] Beth Brant, Ed. A Gathering Of Spirit: A Collection By North American Indian Women, Paivi H. Hoikkala
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In A Gathering of Spirit, Beth Brant has collected poetry, short stories, letters, and essays written by Native American women, relating their experiences of life in Canada and in the United States. The participating women come from all walks of life. Included are such established authors and scholars as Paula Gunn Allen, Joy Harjo, and Bea Medicine as well as women in prisons, lesbians, and those who live their everyday life on reservations or in urban centers. What unites these women are their experiences as Indian women.
[Review Of] Marion Wilson Starling. The Slave Narrative: Its Place In American History, Angelo Costanzo
[Review Of] Marion Wilson Starling. The Slave Narrative: Its Place In American History, Angelo Costanzo
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This is another reprint of Marion Wilson Starling's breakthrough study of the slave narrative, which she undertook for her Ph.D. dissertation at New York University in 1946 under the advisorship of Oscar Cargill. During the 1960s and 1970s when slave autobiography became a serious critical endeavor, many scholars referred to Starling's thorough historical and literary research; however, her dissertation was not published until 1981. Then, Starling's work became more readily available, and now the paperback edition allows this well-deserved book to reach a wider audience.
[Review Of] Lois Weis, Ed. Class, Race, & Gender In American Education, Margaret A. Laughlin
[Review Of] Lois Weis, Ed. Class, Race, & Gender In American Education, Margaret A. Laughlin
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Class, Race & Gender in American Education should be read by preservice and experienced educators and social scientists who are interested in teaching young people who come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, represent various racial and ethnic heritages, and those with special needs. School as a major socializing institution often holds the key for many students. It is also important to study the ways individuals and groups prepare for the future. Some students are successful in school settings, but many become discouraged and are pushed out due to the structure and/or culture of the school. This volume seeks to enrich this …
[Review Of] Roger Daniels. Asian America: Chinese And Japanese In The United States Since 1850, Russell Endo
[Review Of] Roger Daniels. Asian America: Chinese And Japanese In The United States Since 1850, Russell Endo
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Roger Daniels is one of the premier scholars of Asian American history and has previously done pathbreaking research on the anti-Japanese movement in California and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. Now, in Asian America, Daniels presents an interpretive account of the Chinese and Japanese in the U.S. In doing so, he attempts to show that these groups are an integral part of the immigration and ethnic history of America, especially by stressing parallels in the experiences of Asian and European immigrants. Daniels further argues that, because of a number of factors, there are differences as well as …
[Review Of] John R. Salter. Jackson Mississippi, Allene Jones
[Review Of] John R. Salter. Jackson Mississippi, Allene Jones
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Jackson Mississippi is a fascinating book written about the Civil Rights Movement in Jackson, Mississippi in the sixties. The author, John Salter, a white outsider and sociologist who served as advisor and organizer of the Civil Rights Movement in Jackson is to be commended for his ability to write about the movement in such a vivid and moving manner. Salter does an excellent job in describing the many problems encountered in striking out against the many injustices that existed in Mississippi.
[Review Of] Harold Bascom. Apata, Lucy Wilson
[Review Of] Harold Bascom. Apata, Lucy Wilson
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Apata is subtitled: "The story of the reluctant criminal." This more or less sums up the plot, for after page sixty-three, the hero's fortunes plummet steadily, culminating in "the biggest manhunt ever seen" in the colony of British Guiana, with Apata both predator and prey, alternatively. With the unflinching pessimism of naturalism, Bascom traces the life of Michael Rayburn Apata, a young Guianese with a brilliant academic career ahead of him. The forces of heredity and environment conspire to destroy his chance for admission to King's College, prevent him from marrying the woman he loves, and limit him to dead-end …
[Review Of] Gary Soto. Baseball In April And Other Stories, Carl R. Shirley
[Review Of] Gary Soto. Baseball In April And Other Stories, Carl R. Shirley
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Gary Soto's previous prose collections (Living Up the Street: Narrative Recollections -- 1985, Small Faces -- 1986, and Lesser Evils: Ten Quartets -- 1988) all contained stories about growing up, but this latest book focuses exclusively on the trials and tribulations of children and young teenagers. The eleven sketches in Baseball in April range in subject from broken Barbie dolls to championship marble tournaments, and all reveal a compassionate, understanding insight as well as the deft handiwork of a fine writer. For those who do not understand Spanish, the author has supplied a short appendix with translations of words and …
[Review Of] Jamaica Kincaid. Annie John, Elizabeth A. Mcneil
[Review Of] Jamaica Kincaid. Annie John, Elizabeth A. Mcneil
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Annie John, even though set in the West Indies and about a black Caribbean girl, is a work whose universally felt experience goes beyond allowing the novel to be neatly categorized as a piece of "ethnic" or "women's" writing. Born on Antigua, the island in which she sets the novel, Jamaica Kincaid catches many of the ways of being peculiar to this place. Maybe it is because Kincaid makes the setting home that we as readers find it so easy to slip into the story.
[Review Of] James A. Banks And Cherry A. Mcgee Banks, Eds. Multicultural Education: Issues And Perspectives, Margaret A. Laughlin
[Review Of] James A. Banks And Cherry A. Mcgee Banks, Eds. Multicultural Education: Issues And Perspectives, Margaret A. Laughlin
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With a rapidly increasing minority population in the United States, it is more important than ever for both future and experienced teachers to recognize and appreciate the diversity of young people enrolled in our schools. By the year 2000 it is projected that one of three or more students will be part of an ethnic minority. In some cities and states, minority background students are already the majority school population. Teachers will be facing more and more students from different ethnic, cultural, language, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds. Many classes will include special needs students who are gifted, handicapped, or both. …
[Review Of] Hyung-Chan Kim, Ed. Asian American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography And Research Guide, Russell Endo
[Review Of] Hyung-Chan Kim, Ed. Asian American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography And Research Guide, Russell Endo
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Hyung-chan Kim's bibliography of humanities and social science materials on Asian Americans has two basic but important assets. First, its 3,396 entries encompass a large proportion of the relevant literature (creative writing and federal government publications have been excluded as they are adequately covered in other sources). Second, the bibliography is nicely organized. It is divided into two main sections dealing respectively with historical and contemporary matters. Each section has chapters on a variety of subjects, for example marriage and family, community organizations, immigration and refugees, and acculturation, adaptation and assimilation. Within each chapter, the appropriate books/monographs, articles, and theses/dissertations …
[Review Of] Peter Manuel. Popular Musics Of The Non- Western World, Harriet Ottenheimer
[Review Of] Peter Manuel. Popular Musics Of The Non- Western World, Harriet Ottenheimer
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This is a wide-ranging, insightful and often fascinating survey of popular ethnic musics of the world. The title is perhaps a bit misleading. By "western" Manuel clearly means modern Northern European and those parts of the Americas most directly influenced by the Anglo-Germanic traditions of Northern Europe. This is certainly a current and popular connotation for the word, and most readers should have no trouble with Manuel's use of the term in this way. Readers who are used to thinking of "western" as comprising Europe, Africa and the Americas, however, will have to make adjustments. Manuel excludes consideration of "westernized" …