Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal articles from March 2005

Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal archives from March 2005

Toward a new politics of authenticity: ethno-cultural representation in theory and practice.
March 22, 2005... That [authenticity] has become part of the moral slang of out day points to the peculiar nature of out fallen condition, our anxiety over the credibility of existence, and of individual existences. (Trilling 1972, 93) "I contradict myself:...

Seeking a mate: inter-group partnerships among gay Jewish men.
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT/RESUME While documentation and discussion of out-marriage rates among heterosexual Jews is widespread, very little similar analysis exists for inter-group partnering patterns of gay Jews. Using both quantitative and qualitative...

The long, wet summer of 1942: the Ontario Farm Service Force, small-town Ontario and the Nisei.
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper explores how the notion of the "other" is constructed during wartime by analyzing the dispersal of Canada's west coast Japanese-Canadian population to points further east, and their employment with the Ontario...

Contested visions of First Nation governance: secondary analysis of federal government research on the opinions of on-reserve residents.
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT/RESUME Using multiple regression analysis of data from the first national survey (N = 1,427) ever conducted of on-reserve, First Nation individuals, this article identifies and ranks in importance the determinants of respondents'...

Ethnocultural space and the symbolic negotiation of alternative as "cure".
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper examines the ideological processes whereby ethnicity is implicated in the growing popularity of alternative medicine in North America. It is argued that while the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu is useful in...

Uncharted territory: mapping students' conceptions of ethnic diversity.
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper presents findings from a research project that focuses on grade seven students' understandings of ethnic diversity. It describes the ways in which students understand the concept of ethnic diversity and the...

Intermarriage: dream becomes reality for a visible minority?
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT/RESUME The Japanese-Canadian community has witnessed a very high incidence of intermarriage among the members of the post-war generations for some rime. This research note first documents the incidence of intermarriage of members...

The dialogic museum and ethnocultural diversity.
March 22, 2005... This paper evolved from a presentation I made on ethnocultural diversity and museology under the auspices of the Association of Manitoba Museums. It offers reflections of a largely theoretical and philosophical nature on the relevance and...

Researching 'Race' and Ethnicity: Methods, Knowledge and Power.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Researching 'Race' and Ethnicity: Methods, Knowledge and Power. Yasmin Gunaratnam. London: Sage Publications, 2003. 218 pp. $32.95 sc; $84.95 hc. In a recent paper ("Enacting the Social" in Economy and Society 33, 3 [2004]: 390-410)...

Race and Social Analysis.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Race and Social Analysis. Caroline Knowles. London/New Delhi/Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2003. 221 pp. $32.95 US sc; $84.95 US hc. This book takes a materialist approach in examining the practical aspects of negotiating race and ethnicity in...

Figured Worlds: Ontological Obstacles in Intercultural Relations.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Figured Worlds: Ontological Obstacles in Intercultural Relations. John Clammer, Sylvie Poirier, and Eric Schwimmer, eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 200 pp. $60.00 hc. Figured Worlds begins with the observation that...

The World in a City.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The World in a City. Paul Anisef and Michael Lanphier, eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. 544 pp. $70.00 hc, $35.00 sc. Toronto has been touted as the most ethnically diverse city in Canada, if not the world. The Worm in a...

Refractions of Germany in Canadian Literature and Culture.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Refractions of Germany in Canadian Literature and Culture. Heinz Antor, Sylvia Brown, John Considine, and Klaus Stierstorfer, eds. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2003. viii, 377 pp. $140.00 US hc. This volume brings together several...

L'integration des minorites visibles et ethnoculturelles dans la profession enseignante: Recits d'experience, enjeux et perspectives.
March 22, 2005... L'integration des minorites visibles et ethnoculturelles dans la profession enseignante: Recits d'experience, enjeux et perspectives. Donatille Mujawamariya, dir. Quebec: Les editions Logiques, 2002. 243 pp. $24.95 sc. L'integration des...

Pour une intervention sociale efficace en milieu interculturel.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Pour une intervention sociale efficace en milieu interculturel. Anselme Mvilongo. Quebec : L'Harmattan, 2001. 173 pp. $ 24.95 sc. L'ouvrage de Anselme Mvilongo puise a meme son experience professionnelle en tant que travailleur social. Il y...

Parcours identitaires de jeunes francophones en milieu minoritaire.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Parcours identitaires de jeunes francophones en milieu minoritaire. Diane Gerin-Lajoie. Sudbury:Prise de Parole, 2003. 190 pp. $20.00 sc. Diane Gerin-Lajoie est professeure a l'Ontario Institute for Studies in Education de l'Universite de...

Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality: Issues in Diversity and Pedagogy.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality. Issues in Diversity and Pedagogy. Robert Jackson. London, UK: RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.221 pp. 25 [pounds sterling] sc. La secularisation de la societe, la laicisation des institutions et le...

The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver: Three Generations amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism.(The Sikhs in Canada: Migration, Race, Class, and Gender)(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver: Three Generations amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism. Kamala Elizabeth Nayar. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 276 pp. $55.00 hc; $26.95 sc; The Sikhs in Canada: Migration, Race, Class,...

Discovering Eden: A Lifetime of Paddling Arctic Rivers.(The Reindeer Herders of the Mackenzie Delta)(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Discovering Eden: A Lifetime of Paddling Arctic Rivers. Alex M. Hall. Toronto: Key Porter, 2003. 224 pp. $27.95 sc; The Reindeer Herders of the Mackenzie Delta. Gerald T. Conaty and Lloyd Binder. Toronto: Key Porter, 2003.80 pp. $27.95 sc. ...

Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations: Selected Essays.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations: Selected Essays. J.R. Miller. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 304 pp. incl. bibliography; $27.95 sc: $65.00 hc. This is a book of readings unlike most, as the same author has written...

At Home with the Bella Coola: T.F. McIlwraith's Field Letters, 1922-1924.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... At Home with the Bella Coola: T.F. McIlwraith's Field Letters, 1922-1924. John Barker and Douglas Cole, eds. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003. 205 pp. $29.95 sc; $85.00 hc. At Home with the Bella Coola: T.F. McIlwraith's Field Letters,...

Ancient Mariner: The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Ancient Mariner: The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean. Ken McGoogan. Toronto: Harper Collins, 2003. 334 pp. $36.95 hc. Ken McGoogan's Ancient Mariner describes the exploits of the...

The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes. Alvin J. Esau. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004. 384 pp. $85.00 hc. The Hutterites are perhaps one of the most studied of all the religious groups that have settled in...

Performance Bond.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Performance Bond. Wade Compton. Vancouver: Arsenal, 2004. 156 pp. (accompanied by a CD featuring a musical performance of a book section entitled "The Reinventing Wheel.") $22.95 sc. What George Elliot Clarke has done for Black Nova...

Natasha and Other Stories.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Natasha and Other Stories. David Bezmozgis. Toronto: Harper Flamingo Canada, 2004. $24.95. 149 pp. In his classic essay "The Structure of Narrative Transmission," the narratologist Seymour Chatman analyzes the beginning of Dostoyevsky's...

A Complicated Kindness.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... A Complicated Kindness. Miriam Toews. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 246 pp. $29.95 hc. While the teen heroine of Miriam Toews' prize-winning novel yearns to live in New York City's East Village, imagining herself and her entire Mennonite...