The American Cultural Dialogue and Its Transmission

The American Cultural Dialogue and Its Transmission

Author: George Spindler Stanford University Usa Louise Spindler Stanford University Usa Henry Trueba University of California Santa Barbara Usa Melvin D Williams University of Michigan Ann Arbor Usa

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-22

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781138990364

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First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


The American Cultural Dialogue And Its Transmission

The American Cultural Dialogue And Its Transmission

Author: George Spindler Stanford University, USA; Louise Spindler Stanford University, USA; Henry Trueba University of California, Santa Barbara, USA; Melvin D. Williams University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-19

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1134078773

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First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


American Culture

American Culture

Author: Larry Naylor

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1998-02-24

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 031302958X

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America, like other modern nations, is characterized by its diversity and can be seen as a complex and fragmented nation-state. Yet an American culture defined by those beliefs, and behaviors that all Americans do share, irrespective of their other cultural affiliations, does exist. This book presents an innovative approach to the issues and aspects in the study of America's unique culture. The real diversity of America is lost in the practice of categorizing people into social (racial or ethnic) groups and then attributing culture to them. While not an exhaustive treatment of the culture, this volume serves as a point of departure for discussions of American culture in a variety of courses both within and outside the discipline of anthropology. Each chapter is accompanied by suggested readings to enable the student to pursue a more in-depth study of any individual topic.


The Psychoanalytic Study of Society, V. 17

The Psychoanalytic Study of Society, V. 17

Author: L. Bryce Boyer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-03-12

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1317737385

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In Volume 17, a series of critical appreciations of George and Louise Spindler's multidisciplinary contributions focus on homogeneity and heterogeneity in American cultural anthropology (S. Parman); the molding of American anthropology (M. Suarez); education (H. Trueba); and the uses of projective techniques in the field (R. Edgerton & G. DeVos). Additional topics include the primary process (M. Spiro); psychotherapy and culture (L. Bloom); unconscious aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict (A. Falk); and medieval messianism and Sabbatianism (W. Meissner).


Healing Multicultural America

Healing Multicultural America

Author: Henry T. Trueba

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-11-16

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1000777472

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Healing Multicultural America (1993) looks at a group of Mexican immigrants who managed to understand and use the US democratic system to gain access to the ‘American Dream’. The book aims to assist its readers to understand the significance of the politics of education for ethnic minorities. The authors point up the gravity of the problems experienced by minority groups worldwide which cannot be underestimated: problems such as inter-ethnic conflict, cultural tensions, poverty, alienation, violence and self-rejection.


American Dreams, Global Visions

American Dreams, Global Visions

Author: Donald F. Hones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-04

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 113565395X

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This book presents the struggle for dialogue and understanding between teachers and refugee and immigrant families, in their own words. Forging a stronger connection between teachers, newcomers, and their families is one of the greatest challenges facing schools in the United States. Teachers need to become familiar with the political, economic, and sociocultural contexts of these newcomers' lives, and the role of the U.S. in influencing these contexts in positive and negative ways. The important contribution of American Dreams, Global Visions is to bring together global issues of international politics and economics and their effects on migration and refugee situations, national issues of language and social policy, and local issues of education and finding ways to live together in an increasingly diverse society. Narratives of four immigrant families in the United States (Hmong, Mexican, Assyrian/Kurdish, Kosovar) and the teacher-researchers who are coming to know them form the heart of this work. The narratives are interwoven with data from the research and critical analysis of how the narratives reflect and embody local, national, and global contexts of power. The themes that are developed set the stage for critical dialogues about culture, language, history, and power. Central to the book is a rationale and methodology for teachers to conduct dialogic research with refugees and immigrants--research encompassing methods as once ethnographic, participatory, and narrative--which seeks to engage researchers and participants in dialogues that shed light on economic, political, social, and cultural relationships; to represent these relationships in texts; and to extend these dialogues to promote broader understanding and social justice in schools and communities. American Dreams, Global Visions will interest teachers, social workers, and others who work with immigrants and refugees; researchers, professionals, and students across the fields of education, language and culture, ethnic studies, American studies, and anthropology; and members of the general public interested in learning more about America's most recent newcomers. It is particularly appropriate for courses in foundations of education, multicultural education, comparative education, language and culture, and qualitative research.


Reflecting on America

Reflecting on America

Author: Clare L. Boulanger

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1351551922

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Anthropologists travel back in time and across the globe to understand human culture but, surprise, there is culture right here in the United States. This second edition of the best-selling textbook and anthology, Reflecting on America, again focuses on how we can recognize the common cultural thread running through diverse American phenomena from heroin addiction and Big Business‘s efforts to shape the identities of children, to Civil War reenactments and the popularity of burlesque in the Midwest. In addition, this second edition includes chapters written especially for this volume on striptease, Burning Man, The Big Bang Theory TV show, and Groundhog Phil. Written throughout with verve and quirky humor, and offeringQuestions for discussion after every article, this book is perfect for undergraduate classes in anthropology and American studies. Drawing together twenty-two scholars with expertise in anthropological ideas about culture, Reflecting on America examines what it means to be American.