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[Review Of] June Drenning Holmquist, Ed., They Chose Minnesota: A Survey Of The State's Ethnic Groups, Phillips G. Davies
[Review Of] June Drenning Holmquist, Ed., They Chose Minnesota: A Survey Of The State's Ethnic Groups, Phillips G. Davies
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It seems only fair to say that this book does for the ethnic groups in Minnesota what the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups does for all the groups in this country. Starting out with the American Indians (the Dakotas and Ojibways particularly), it surveys the more than sixty groups who have chosen to live in the state, ending in the 1970s with an account of the various groups of Indochinese refugees.
[Review Of] Kenneth Kaunda, The Riddle Of Violence, Anani Dzidzienyo
[Review Of] Kenneth Kaunda, The Riddle Of Violence, Anani Dzidzienyo
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Kenneth Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia, has become one of the best known African leaders for a number of reasons: his involvement in the non-aligned movement; his advocacy of "humanism"; his position as a front-line statesman intimately involved with the denouement of the anachronism of white supremacy and the successful emergence of Zimbabwe. The Riddle of Violence, as the name implies, is supposed to be an account of his metamorphosis from an advocate of non-violence in the Gandhian mold to the realization that in the southern African context, the earlier non-violent commitment had become a chimera because the …
[Review Of] Joseph Rothschild, Ethnopolitics, A Conceptual Framework, Alan Spector
[Review Of] Joseph Rothschild, Ethnopolitics, A Conceptual Framework, Alan Spector
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Whether ethnicity stems from certain intrinsic group characteristics or whether it is a definition conferred upon various groups because of their political, social, and economic environment has been a fundamental debate within the field of ethnic studies. Most students of ethnic studies would agree that ethnicity today embraces both factors, and more, that it is the result of the interactions between both sets of influences. How these factors interact in the political sphere is the core of Rothschild's ambitious new book.
[Review Of] Sandra Maria Esteves, Yerba Buena, Wolfgang Binder
[Review Of] Sandra Maria Esteves, Yerba Buena, Wolfgang Binder
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With this, her first anthology, the New York born Puerto Rican poet Sandra Maria Esteves should establish herself as the "first lady" among the Latin poets in that city. Esteves, thirty-three, whose poetry has appeared before in twenty magazines1 and who is an acknowledged painter, combines in her best work her own ghetto experience with nature symbolism, political, cultural and racial awareness and a determined woman's perspective.
[Review Of] Elizabeth Weatherford, Ed. With Emelia Seubert, Native Americans On Film And Video, Charles L. P. Silet
[Review Of] Elizabeth Weatherford, Ed. With Emelia Seubert, Native Americans On Film And Video, Charles L. P. Silet
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This is an extraordinarily impressive and thorough compilation of primarily documentary films made by and about Native Americans. The Museum of the American Indian, the Heye Foundation and Elizabeth Weatherford and Emelia Seubert are to be commended for their effort and industry. Native Americans on Film and Video grew out of a major exhibition, "The Ancestors: Native Artisans of the Americas," where more than one hundred and twenty-five films and video tapes were shown by the museum.
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Table of contents for Explorations in Sights and Sounds, Number 2, Summer, 1982
[Review Of] Hedu Bouraoui, Ed., The Canadian Alternative: Cultural Pluralism And Canadian Unity, George F. Theriault
[Review Of] Hedu Bouraoui, Ed., The Canadian Alternative: Cultural Pluralism And Canadian Unity, George F. Theriault
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Alternative might be defined as "proving or necessitating a choice between two (or, loosely, more than two) things." The reader with an active interest in the theme expressed in the sub-title will readily perceive as did the writers of the papers included in this interesting little book, that its main title must be understood in the looser meaning.
[Review Of] Lynwood Carranco And Estle Beard, Genocide And Vendetta: The Indian Wars Of Northern California, Charles E. Roberts
[Review Of] Lynwood Carranco And Estle Beard, Genocide And Vendetta: The Indian Wars Of Northern California, Charles E. Roberts
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Indian and white relations in northern California is a subject that has made little impact on the American historical imagination. Only Theodora Kroeber's lshi in Two Worlds, a book that derives its power from romantic concepts of the noble savage and the vanishing red man, has garnered much of an audience. What is sorely needed are histories of such tribes as the Pomo, Hupa, Witun, and Maidu that take them from the 1820s into the 20th century. Such study is difficult to pursue; the rapidity with which California's native peoples were overrun and their cultures shattered has left a chaotic …
[Review Of] Mario T. Garcfa, Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans Of El Paso, 1880- 1920, Joe Rodriguez
[Review Of] Mario T. Garcfa, Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans Of El Paso, 1880- 1920, Joe Rodriguez
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Mario T. Garcia's Desert Immigrants documents and analyzes the growth of the border city of El Paso, Texas. The transformation of El Paso from a small crossroads community between Mexico and the U.S. to a major commercial and industrial metropolis is presented in terms of "the growth of American industrial capitalism and its need for new sources of cheap and manageable labor." Garcia's attention to the economic underpinnings of El Paso's growth is well developed and he integrates many types of historical information. Business and labor statistics, demographic figures and newspaper accounts of day-to-day life in the city show the …
[Review Of] Ira Bruce Nadel, Jewish Writers Of North America: A Guide To Information Sources, Stewart Rodnon
[Review Of] Ira Bruce Nadel, Jewish Writers Of North America: A Guide To Information Sources, Stewart Rodnon
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This is an extensive bibliography covering selected American and Canadian Jewish authors, both contemporary and historical. The book is separated into four major sections: General Reference Guides (bibliographies, literary histories, anthologies, etc.), Poets, Novelists and Short-Story Writers, and Dramatists. Each of the last three sections is divided into two parts: American-Jewish and Canadian-Jewish authors. Concluding the volume are two appendixes-Yiddish Literature, and Checklists of Additional American and Canadian Jewish Writers-plus the usual author, title, and subject indexes.
[Review Of] Philip Rosen, The Neglected Dimension: Ethnicity In American Life, Barbara Linebaugh
[Review Of] Philip Rosen, The Neglected Dimension: Ethnicity In American Life, Barbara Linebaugh
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This book was initiated by the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs with funding from the Ford Foundation and the U.S. Office of Education. It clearly states and carries out its purpose, i.e., alteration of the ordinary high school curriculum to reflect the diversity of the American ethnic heritage. Throughout the text the richness and significance of that diversity is highlighted, emphasizing several times in skillful and simple language that to be a hyphenated American is un-American. The author has gone to great lengths to include writing from a wide variety of ethnic groups in his selections; any student reading …
[Review Of] J. Anthony Paredes, Ed., Anishinabe: 6 Studies Of Modern Chippewa, Andrew Wiget
[Review Of] J. Anthony Paredes, Ed., Anishinabe: 6 Studies Of Modern Chippewa, Andrew Wiget
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At a time when contemporary Indian life is overlooked in favor of romantic glorification of the past, this book is especially welcome. It is unique in its vision, presenting in a single volume six complementary reports of coordinated research done during the 1960s among one of the largest Native American tribes.
[Review Of] Anzia Yezierska, Red Ribbon On A White Horse, Carol Schoen
[Review Of] Anzia Yezierska, Red Ribbon On A White Horse, Carol Schoen
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The republication of Anzia Yezierska's Red Ribbon on a White Horse, with an afterword by her daughter, Louise Henriksen, is an important event in two respects: first, it represents another step in the rediscovery of a significant writer whose work deals with the experience of immigrant Jewish women at the turn of the twentieth century. Second, it is a valuable document for information on that period of mass migration. Scholars concerned with ethnic literature, as well as those previously unfamiliar with Yezierska's works, will find here interesting insights into the problems and pressures of the immigrants.
[Review Of] Un Nuevo Dia, Barbara Hiura
[Review Of] Un Nuevo Dia, Barbara Hiura
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Un Nuevo Dia is a bilingual (Spanish/English) quarterly publication whose purpose is to report on "the progress being made both locally and nationally in new and improved educational programs for minority children."1 It is achieving this goal by printing articles which deal with discriminatory practices against minority students in various community public schools. Many of the articles offer solutions to this problem, emphasizing community action as an effective political tool.
[Review Of] Walter Dyke And Ruth Dyk, Eds., Left Handed: A Navajo Autobiography, Andrew Wiget
[Review Of] Walter Dyke And Ruth Dyk, Eds., Left Handed: A Navajo Autobiography, Andrew Wiget
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When Walter Dyk published Son of Old Man Hat in 1938, he introduced most of the world to a remarkable youth: Left Handed of the Bitahni clan, adopted son of Old Man Hat. That classic anthropological autobiography was the story of a child, born before his time, who grew to be a humorous, sensitive and observant young man. Left Handed dictated this story, which he concluded with his marriage, almost a half a century after most of the events had occurred. Following the Second World War, Dyk returned to the Navajo Reservation for the rest of the story and found …
[Review Of] Anne Wortham, The Other Side Of Racism: A Philosophical Study Of Black Race Consciousness, Ramond L. Hall
[Review Of] Anne Wortham, The Other Side Of Racism: A Philosophical Study Of Black Race Consciousness, Ramond L. Hall
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The author, "a freelance writer, editor, and broadcast researcher .... (presently) a doctoral candidate in sociology at Boston College," proposes to study blacks who advocate black consciousness. Wortham condemns ethnic or racial consciousness, and therefore characterizes "the other side of racism " as "a dilemma of individual self-esteem as opposed to problems of group conflict in race relations."
[Review Of] William A. Doublass And Richard W. Etulain, Eds., Basque Americans: A Guide To Information Sources, Sergio D. Elizondo
[Review Of] William A. Doublass And Richard W. Etulain, Eds., Basque Americans: A Guide To Information Sources, Sergio D. Elizondo
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This is a selected and annotated bibliography on the European and American Basques, the immigrants and their descendents known as the Amerikanauk. It is useful for both lay people and serious researchers and, short as it may seem, treats a wide variety of subjects concerning one of the least known minority ethnic groups that are an integral part of this multicultural country.
[Review Of] Eileen Tway, Ed., Reading Ladders For Human Relations, W. Thomas Jamison
[Review Of] Eileen Tway, Ed., Reading Ladders For Human Relations, W. Thomas Jamison
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Reading Ladders for Human Relations is essentially an annotated bibliographical listing of books appropriate for young people. The books bave been grouped under five headings: (1) Growing into Self, (2) Relating to Wide Individual Differences, (3) Interacting with Groups, (4) Appreciating Different Cultures, and (5) Coping in a Changing World. The publication data of the majority of the works listed fall within the decade of the seventies. An alphabetical listing of publishers and authors and titles completes the book.
[Review Of] Ellease Sutherland, Let The Lion Eat Straw, Janet Cheatham Bell
[Review Of] Ellease Sutherland, Let The Lion Eat Straw, Janet Cheatham Bell
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This novella covers the life of Abeba Williams Torch from her childhood in North Carolina to her death at a fairly young age in Harlem. The potential for a fully realized novel is everywhere in this book, but because the author chose not to include the detail which would make it so, the effect is unsatisfying.
[Review Of] Vladimir Wertsman, The Romanians In America And Canada: A Guide To Information Sources, Ernestine Paniagua
[Review Of] Vladimir Wertsman, The Romanians In America And Canada: A Guide To Information Sources, Ernestine Paniagua
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This book is intended as a convenient guide to research on Romanians in both America and Canada. As the subtitle indicates, it is a guide book, one of a multi-volume ethnic studies information guide series that Gale Information Company is currently completing. The volume has two major components: one provides the non-specialist with a broad perspective on major themes in the research literature, and the other provides annotated bibliographies of selected books, pamphlets, and periodicals of special significance.
[Review Of] Jane B. Katz (Ed.), This Song Remembers: Self-Portraits Of Native Americans In The Arts, Gretchen M. Bataille
[Review Of] Jane B. Katz (Ed.), This Song Remembers: Self-Portraits Of Native Americans In The Arts, Gretchen M. Bataille
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Through literature, music, and the visual arts people remember who they were and who they are. Jane B. Katz has effectively brought together the ”rememberings" of twenty-one Native American artists who tell briefly of their lives, their work, and the influence of their Native American heritage on all that they create
[Review Of] David W. Baird, The Quapaw Indians: A History Of The Downstream People, David R. Mcdonald
[Review Of] David W. Baird, The Quapaw Indians: A History Of The Downstream People, David R. Mcdonald
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Baird, in a highly engaging book, examines the history of a little known Indian tribe. Originally inhabitants of the Ohio Valley, the Quapaws, by 1973, had migrated to the area around the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers where they were first encountered by the French. Considered important allies by the French and later the Spanish, the Quapaws served as a buffer against the British and British-allied Indians. The results of contacts with Europeans, however, were soon felt by the Quapaws; by 1763 their population had dropped to seven hundred from an estimated six to fifteen thousand in 1682.
[Review Of] Gretchen M. Bataille And Charles L. P. Silet (Eds.), The Pretend Indians: Images Of Native Americans In The Movies, Barbara F. Luebke
[Review Of] Gretchen M. Bataille And Charles L. P. Silet (Eds.), The Pretend Indians: Images Of Native Americans In The Movies, Barbara F. Luebke
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Those of us concerned with mass media stereotyping are especially grateful for this well-edited reader, but all persons interested in Native Americans and their ”popular“ images will find it enjoyable and useful.
[Review Of] Evelyn Gross Avery, Rebels And Victims: The Fiction Of Richard Wright And Bernard Malamud, Edith Blicksilver
[Review Of] Evelyn Gross Avery, Rebels And Victims: The Fiction Of Richard Wright And Bernard Malamud, Edith Blicksilver
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Evelyn Gross Avery's comparison of Richard Wright's works and themes with those of Bernard Malamud asserts that a clear pattern of behavior is discernible in both Afro-American and Jewish-American fiction. Both black and Jew, facing a hostile Anglo-power society, psychologically and sometimes even physically abused, emerged as rebels striking out at exploitation and injustice or as victims, internalizing their frustrated anguish.
[Review Of] George Woodcock, The Canadians, John W. Larner Jr.
[Review Of] George Woodcock, The Canadians, John W. Larner Jr.
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The Canadians offers nothing new to advanced students of North American ethnicity. It is a richly illustrated, pleasant, inoffensive, pseudo-comprehensive pictorial account of Canada's history. Every library should have it for the general reader, for it is a facile introduction to a complex North American alternative nation. Canadians would probably be tempted to serialize portions of it -- in Anglo newspapers!
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Titles appearing in this list may be reviewed in future issues of Explorations in Sights and Sounds.
[Review Of] Prejudice: Perceiving And Believing, David N. Mielke
[Review Of] Prejudice: Perceiving And Believing, David N. Mielke
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During the past ten years Edward Asner has become one of the most highly regarded actors in television and cinema. He has seemed best suited to roles which have portrayed power, authority, and usually wisdom. The most impressive of his characters has been his ”Lou Grant” (probably due to its long tenure involving two shows) and the public has extended Lou Grant's attributes to Asner, the person. This public respect and confidence is a legitimate recognition of a liberal and concerned human being who has been involved with numerous causes of justice. It would have been difficult to find a …
[Review Of] Kevin Marjoribanks, Ethnic Families And Children's Achievement, Shirley Vining-Brown
[Review Of] Kevin Marjoribanks, Ethnic Families And Children's Achievement, Shirley Vining-Brown
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In this book Marjoribanks clearly stands with the environmentalists in the ”nature vs. nurture” controversy over inequalities in children's academic achievement. He examines the relation between various dimensions of family environments, attitudes toward school, and the academic performance of eleven year old children from different Australian ethclasses, i.e., groups that are horizontally stratified according to social status, while at the same time vertically stratified into ethnic groups. By examining data from six Australian ethclasses (Anglo-Australian middle social-status families; and Anglo-Australian, English, Greek, Southern Italian, and Yugoslavian lower social-status families), Marjoribanks finds that differences in family learning environments are related to …
[Review Of] Graham B. Taylor, The New Deal And American Indian Tribalism: The Administration Of The Indian Reorganization Act. 1934-45, George W. Sieber
[Review Of] Graham B. Taylor, The New Deal And American Indian Tribalism: The Administration Of The Indian Reorganization Act. 1934-45, George W. Sieber
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John Collier became Indian Commissioner during the New Deal Administration of Franklin Roosevelt. For more than a decade Collier had been a severe critic of the Indian Bureau; his appointment marked a significant break with past governmental attitudes which had been implemented under the General Allotment Act of 1887, and had resulted in immense land transfers to non-Indian ownership.
[Review Of] Hanay Geiogamah, New Native American Drama: Three Plays, Louise C. Maynor
[Review Of] Hanay Geiogamah, New Native American Drama: Three Plays, Louise C. Maynor
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This collection of plays is significant because it is the first Native American drama written by a Native American. Hanay Geiogamah, a Kiowa Indian, has been actively involved as a playwright (producing these plays in the 19705), has taught drama at the University of Washington, and has directed Native American theater in recent years (directing his own work, as well as other drama, at the La Mama Experimental Theater in New York and directing the Native American Theater Ensemble). This thin volume, New Native American Drama: Three Plays, was readied for publication only after each drama had been performed and …