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Ethnic identity and power : cultural contexts of political action in school and society

Title: Ethnic identity and power : cultural contexts of political action in school and society / edited by Yali Zou and Enrique T. Trueba.
Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.

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Description

xiv, 452 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

The relationship between ethnic identity and power has important consequences in a modern world that is changing rapidly through global immigration trends. Studies of ethnic/racial conflict of ethnic identity and power become necessarily studies of political power, social status, school achievement, and allocation of resources. The recognition of power by an ethnic group, however, creates a competition for control and a rivalry for power over public arenas, such as schools. In this context this book provides interesting and important insights into the dilemmas faced by immigrants and members of ethnic groups, by school personnel, and by policy makers. The first part of the book consists of comparative studies of ethnic identity. The second part focuses directly on some of the lessons learned from social science research on ethnic identification and the critical study of equity, with its implications for pedagogy. An interdisciplinary group of scholars offers profoundly honest and stimulating accounts of their struggles to decipher self-identification processes in various political contexts, as well as their personal reflections on the study of ethnicity.

Series Statement

SUNY series, power, social identity, and education

Uniform Title

SUNY series, power, social identity, and education

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Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Cultural politics of the white ethniclass in the mid-nineties / George and Louise Spindler -- Leadership, education, and political action : the emergence of new Latino ethnic identities / Cirenio Rodríguez and Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba -- Power and learning in a multi-ethnic high school : dilemmas of policy and practice / Jon Wagner -- Teaching against the grain in bilingual education : resistance in the classroom underlife / Rebecca Constantino and Christian Faltis -- Affirmative action in engineering education : a case study / James F. Shackelford, Penelope L. Shackelford, and Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba -- Policy of modernization of education : a challenge to democracy in Mexico / Beatriz Calvo -- Indigenous images and identity in pluricultural Mexico : media as official apologist and catalyst for democratic action / Robert DeVillar -- Role of media in armed and peaceful struggles for identity : indigenous self-expression in Mexico / Robert DeVillar and Victor Franco -- Mixed messages : Moroccan children in the Netherlands living in two worlds / Lotty Eldering -- State terrors : immigrants and refugees in the post-national space / Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco -- Identity, cultural diversity, and education : notes toward a pedagogy of the excluded / Elvira S. Lima and Marcelo G. Lima -- Dancing with bigotry : the poisoning of racial and ethnic identities / Donaldo Macedo and Lilia I. Bartolomé -- Aspects of the cultural politics of Alaskan education / David M. Smith -- Dilemmas faced by critical ethnographers in China / Yali Zou -- Afterword : Ya Basta! / Peter McLaren.

ISBN

0791437531
9780791437537
079143754X
9780791437544
058508985X
9780585089850

LCCN

97031489

OCLC

ocm37545524
37545524
SCSB-8920688

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Princeton University Library