Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal articles from March 2006

Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal archives from March 2006

Editor's note.
March 22, 2006... What a fantastic run this has been! After editing nearly fifty issues of the journal, I have decided that I need to turn over the editorial duties to my colleague Dr. Natalia Aponiuk from the University of Manitoba. I have the utmost confidence...

"Of habits subversive" or "capable and compassionate": perceptions of transpacific migrants, 1850s-1940s.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME In this essay transpacific migrants are first contextualized in transatlantic and intra-imperial migration systems. Next, the life of one family is analyzed with respect to its transcontinental, transcultural, and...

Courting "our ethnic friends": Canadianism, Britishness, and new Canadians, 1950-1970.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME A series of political memos from the 1950s and 1960s reveal in striking detail how the major political parties competed for the allegiance of ethnic minority voters. Political courtship helped integrate new Canadians into...

The roots of multiculturalism--Ukrainian-Canadian involvement in the multiculturalism discussion of the 1960s as an example of the position of the "third force".
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME Although Canada can rightfully claim to have had a multicultural tradition throughout its existence, it should be acknowledged that the beginnings of what we know today as multiculturalism are rooted in the initial...

The visible minority, immigrant, and bilingual composition of ridings and party support in the Canadian federal election of 2004 (1).
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME Analysis of results among Canada's 308 electoral districts reveals that for the federal election of 2004, the visible minority, immigrant, and bilingual composition of ridings had substantial effects on levels of support...

Competing analytical paradigms in the sociological study of racism in Canada.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME: Whereas many scholars continue to offer studies that lay claim to the pervasiveness of "institutional" or "systemic" racism in Canada, a growing body of evidence contests the extent to which the categories of race and/or...

Gastro-graphy: food as metaphor in Fred Wah's Diamond Grill and Austin Clarke's Pig Tails 'n Breadfruit.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper discusses the cultural significance of food as a multilayered trope and strategy in postcolonial life writing. Specifically, I read the use of food as a metaphor in culinary memoirs by ethnic Canadian authors...

Housing adaptations: a study of Asian Indian immigrant homes in Toronto.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper investigates if and how immigrants modify their domestic space to suit their ethno-cultural needs. Findings are based on an empirical study of the exterior and interior of Asian-Indian immigrant homes in Toronto....

Just how ethnic is ethnic humour?
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME Because of both cultural and technological changes, North Americans are currently exposed to an unprecedented amount of ethnic-based humour, much of which is "insider" joking coming from members of various groups who use it...

Choices and voices of immigrant men: reflections on social integration.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME The process of immigration entails many changes in the lives of immigrants as they establish themselves in a new country. This paper investigates obstacles and supports in the lives of immigrant men during this process of...

Contemporary realities and future visions: enhancing multiculturalism in Canada.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT/RESUME The purpose of this article is to highlight the success and failure of multiculturalism in Canada and to present policy suggestions for enhancing its future. While multiculturalism is a defining characteristic of Canada's...

A l'ecole de la republique: qu'en est-il de l'ideal democratique francais?
March 22, 2006... RESUME/ABSTRACT Abordant la question difficile du racisme, de la discrimination et des tensions interethniques en France, ce texte explore le rapport tendu qui regne entre l'ecole publique et les communautes issues de l'immigration. En...

Sacred ground and holy water.
March 22, 2006... The next time you eat salmon, you may see an apparition: a barefoot warrior with conical spruce hat, grizzly-bear-tattooed chest, and mother-of-pearl-studded cape. He's no hallucination; he's a Haida watchman, standing guard over your dinner...

Multicultural Nationalism: Civilizing Difference, Constituting Community.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Multicultural Nationalism: Civilizing Difference, Constituting Community. Gerald Kernerman. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005. 144 pp. $85.00 sc. Canadian multiculturalism has been at the center of academic debates for many years now. Gerald...

Max Weber et les relations ethniques: Du refus du biologisme racial a l'Etat multinational.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Max Weber et les relations ethniques: Du refus du biologisme racial a l'Etat multinational. Elke Winter. Saint-Nicolas: Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2005. 214 pp. 25.005 sc. En parcourant cet ouvrage, le lecteur sera saisi par la...

Diaspora Serbs: A Cultural Analysis.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Diaspora Serbs: A Cultural Analysis. Earle Waugh and Milan V. Dimic, eds. Edmonton: M.V. Dimic Research Institute, University of Alberta Press, 2004. 311 pp. $34.95 sc. Resulting from a conference held at the University of Alberta in early...

A History of Migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... A History of Migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939. Jonathan Wagner. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005. 296 pp. $85.00 hc. Jonathan Wagner's A History of Migration from Germany to Canada is a study "about Germans from Germany migrating to...

The Honourable Member for Vegreville: The Memoirs and Diary of Anthony Hlynka, MP (1940-1949).(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Honourable Member for Vegreville: The Memoirs and Diary of Anthony Hlynka, MP (1940-1949). Oleh W. Gems and Denis Hlynka, eds. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005. 388 pp. $34.95 sc. The Honourable Member for Vegreville: The...

Migration, Ethnic Relations and Chinese Business.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Migration, Ethnic Relations and Chinese Business. Chan Kwok-bun. London/ New York: Routledge, 2005. 196 pp. $65.00 hc. As noted by author Chan Kwok-bun, "[two] of the things that characterize the ethnic Chinese overseas are their subjection...

The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging. Wisdom J. Tettey and Korbla P. Puplampu, eds. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005. 256 pp. $39.95 sc. Recent social studies on refugee and immigrant groups from...

Incorporating Diversity: Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Incorporating Diversity: Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age. Peter Kivisto, ed. Boulder: Paradigm, 2005. 350 pp. $29.95 sc. Kivisto argues that assimilation, a central concept in sociology, is back. While it fell out of favour...

Nordic People in Canada: A Study in Demography, 1861-2001.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Nordic People in Canada: A Study in Demography, 1861-2001. A. Ernest Epp. Thunder Bay: Lakehead Social History Institute, Lakehead University, 2004. 77 p. $19.95 sc. [To purchase, contact the Lakehead University Bookstore;...

Religion and Ethnicity in Canada.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Religion and Ethnicity in Canada. Paul Bramadat and David Seljak, eds. Toronto: Pearson Longman, 2005. 320 pp. $44.95 sc. Religion and Ethnicity in Canada is a collection of eleven independently written chapters that explore numerous...

Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding. Lisa Schirch. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian, 2005. 209 pp. $25.95US sc. Meaningful ritual and symbolic practices are central to human beings' capacity for communication, creativity, and regeneration. What...

"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood. Bonita Lawrence. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004. 328 pp. $34.95. sc. By all accounts, it is not easy being a mixed-blood Native in Canada: if you look...

Indian Country: Essays on Contemporary Native Culture.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Indian Country: Essays on Contemporary Native Culture. Gail Guthrie Valaskakis. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005. 293 pp. $28.95 sc. This collection of essays is easily one of the most authoritative and best documented...

Protecting Aboriginal Children.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Protecting Aboriginal Children. Christopher Walmsley. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005. 171 pp. $85.00 sc. The essential message of Christopher Walmsley's book is that, until recently, First Nations children were taken from their homes by social...

Australian Indigenous Knowledge and Libraries.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Australian Indigenous Knowledge and Libraries. M. Nakata and M. Langton, eds. Canberra: Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 2005. 216 pp. sc. The papers included in this interdisciplinary collection of readings emerged from a...

Travelling Knowledges: Positioning the Im/Migrant Reader of Aboriginal Literatures in Canada.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Travelling Knowledges: Positioning the Im/Migrant Reader of Aboriginal Literatures in Canada. Renate Eigenbrod. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2005. 274 pp. $24.95 sc. Recent political and cultural debates within the burgeoning...

Tracer les marges de la Cite: Etranger, Immigrant et Etat au Quebec, 1627-1981.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Tracer les marges de la Cite. Etranger, Immigrant et Etat au Quebec, 1627-1981. Martin Paquet. Montreal: Boreal, 2005. 317 pp. $ 29.95 sc. Ce livre est un parcours sociohistorique des conditions d'inclusion et d'exclusion de l'arrivant, de...

Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination. Penny Cousineau-Levine. Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004. xi + 324 pp. $34.95 sc. Ce livre en histoire de l'art contemporain est presente par son...

Uprooted. The Story of Dutch Immigrant Children in Canada 1947-1959.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Uprooted. The Story of Dutch Immigrant Children in Canada 1947-1959. Anne van Arragon Hutten. Kentville, NS: North Mountain Press, 2001. Reprinted 2004. III + 297 pp. $25.00 hc. Uprooted is a powerful account of the experiences of children...

Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through Women's History.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through Women's History. Sarah Carter, Lesley Erickson, Patricia Roome, and Char Smith. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005. 420 pp. $44.95 sc. Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through...

The Passeggiata and Popular Culture in an Italian Town: Folklore and the Performance of Modernity.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Passeggiata and Popular Culture in an Italian Town: Folklore and the Performance of Modernity. Giovanna P. Del Negro. Montreal/Kingston: McGillQueen's University Press, 2004. 183 pp. $75 hc; $24.95 sc. In La Passeggiata and Popular...

An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English, 3rd ed.(Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada's Past)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English, 3rd. ed. Daniel David Moses and Terry Goldie, eds. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2005. 578 pp. $44.95 sc; Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada's Past. Preface by Rudyard Griffiths;...

Three Canadian Plays of Many Colours.(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... Three Canadian Plays of Many Colours Canadian "ethnic" drama is heavily inflected with intergenerational conflict. Differences are measured not through a comparison of an entrenched Eurocentric culture and diverse immigrant customs and...

China Doll.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... China Doll. Marjorie Chan. Winnipeg: Scirocco Drama, 2004. 96 pp. $14.95 sc. Marjorie Chan's first full-length play engages many of the cultural and social conflicts embedded in the ethnic-Canadian experience. Her story of a Chinese girl...

Yahrzeit.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Yahrzeit. Alex Poch-Goldin. Winnipeg: Scirocco Drama, 2005. 80 pp. $14.95 sc. Alex Poch-Goldin fully engages Jewish tradition and customs in Yahrzeit, setting them in multi-ethnic Toronto and testing their values through a series of...

Bereav'd of Light.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Bereav'd of Light. Ian Ross. Winnipeg: Scirocco Drama, 2005. 46 pp. $12.95 sc. In the one-act play, Bereav'd of Light, Metis/Ojibway playwright Ian Ross presents a parabolic revisionist history of racial oppression, correlating the stories...

Venous Hum.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Venous Hum. Suzette Mayr. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp, 2004. 231 pp. $21.95 sc. The title of Suzette Mayr's third novel is catchy: Venous Hum. Its literal and metaphoric significations are obvious enough: technically, the term refers to the...

What We All Long For: A Novel.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... What We All Long For: A Novel Dionne Brand. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2005. 319 pp. $29.95 hc; $19.95 sc. Widely recognized as one of Canada's freest literary writers, Dionne Brand continually disrupts the borders that define people as either...

The Time In Between.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Time In Between. David Bergen. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2005. 273 pp. $34.99. For Charles Boatman, a Vietnam veteran who has lived for many years in rural British Columbia, the "time in between" is his postwar life, in which he...