books about: multi-cultural     books:     Multi-cultural      American Encounters Angela L. Miller, Janet C. Berlo, ... Prentice Hall, 2007 gorgeous and intelligent illumination of American art and culture This is a splendid, rich investigation of American art and culture. Filled with unusual images from architecture, popular culture, "high" art, and all forms of American design, across race and social class, it engages the reader in the puzzling tapestry of our ...             The Multi-cultural Southwest: A Reader A. Gabriel Meléndez, M. Jane Young, ... University of Arizona Press, 2001 The best textbook I've ever had!! My Southwest Studies class required this text, and I have to say that I think it is great. It is a collection of poems, interviews, and essays, written by and about the people who call this wonderful place home. It is easy to read and very infomative- a wonderful ...             De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century Elizabeth Martnez South End Press, 1999 A guide to a compassionate future These essays by the legendary radical activist and prolific writer, Elizabeth Martinez, gently guide us to the path of a revolution based on compassion, equality, and justice. The book could be called the North American sequel to Eduardo Galleano's stunning ...             The Politics of Culture : Policy Perspectives for Individuals, Institutions, and Communities Gigi Bradford, Michael Gary, ... New Press, 2000 A collection of key works in the emerging field of cultural policy. The culture wars of the early 1990s obscured broader challenges facing America's cultural life in the next century. Artists, scholars, and policymakers from many disciplines and across the political spectrum have recognized the need to move beyond debates over government funding ...             Unexpected Interruptions Trice Hickman Platinum Books, 2007 Great expectations! In her debut release, Trice Hickman, has unleashed her story-telling skills and given readers an exciting page turner. Unexpected Interruptions is a great story of a woman torn - not scorned. When Victoria Smalls releases her unforgiveness and pain from a past ...             Race, Gender and Work: A Multi-Cultural Economic Histoy of Women in the United States (Revised Edition) Teresa Amott, Julie Matthaei South End Press, 1999             Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Is there such a thing as an "American" culture? Should we conform to a monocultural ideal in this country? No, says Ishmael Reed, a long-time critic of the mainstream media which, he insists, marginalizes non-Anglo, non-Yankee cultures. In this refreshing anthology Reed and other African-American, Native-American, Asian-American, Italian-American, ...             The Multi-Cultural Cuisine of Trinidad & Tobago & the Caribbean First Edition Naparima Girls Alumnae, 2002 A cookbook worth having. It's the type of cookbook with which one cannot go wrong. There are different types of recipes reflecting the diverse ethnicity of Trinidad and Tobago. There are also recipes for diabetics and weight watchers. The colour photographs add a nice touch and allows one to ...             Cultural Awareness in the Human Services: A Multi-Ethnic Approach (3rd Edition) James W. Green Allyn & Bacon, 1998 This book is distinguished by the anthropological or ethnographic approach to cross-cultural or multicultural social work practice. James Green is an anthropologist who brings a unique perspective to social work practice, moving well beyond cultural "sensitivity" to issues of professional practice. The book is based on an established model, that ...             The Children of Shahida: A Novel Anandam Kavoori Sherman Asher Publishing, 2007 A great insight into the parallels and differences of Americans and Indians Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (6/07) Anandam Kavoori has written a fictional account of a unique family, living in India and immigrating to the United States. The story covers the lives of three generations of the Solomons, a Christian family with a ...             IRRETRIEVABLY BROKEN IRMA FRITZ, 2008 An Exploration of the Cement of "Family" IRRETRIEVABLY BROKEN Irma Fritz's "Irretrievably Broken" is an intimate portrait of complicated characters whose family ties bring them together for a cross-country trip in which interrelationships are re-examined or develop. The prologue led me to think the story ...             The Graywolf Annual Five: Multi-Cultural Literacy (Graywolf Annual) Graywolf Press, 1988 The issue of cultural literacy has been the subject of intense debate in the past two years. Several bestselling books about the deficiencies of our educational system as well as changes in basic curriculum at more than one major university have contributed to the fervor of this debate. Fueling the national controversy is the question of what ...             NTC's Dictionary of Mexican Cultural Code Words : The Complete Guide to Key Words That Express How the ... Boye Lafayette De Mente McGraw-Hill, 1996 Accurate and entertaining as well as educational I have lived in Mexico for 2 years. Although some seem insulted by this book, I have found it extremely helpful in aiding my family and I to understand how Mexican's think. It differs from our cultural view of things. It contains an excellent history of Cortez and ...             The Object of Performance: The American Avant-Garde since 1970 Henry M. Sayre University Of Chicago Press, 1992 Sayre defines for the first time the apparently diffuse avant-garde art of the past two decades in terms of its distinctly postmodern concerns. The range of arts discussed here encompasses contemporary dance, photography, oral poetics, performance art, and earthworks. "Sayre has written one of the most intelligent, sensible, and readable ...             The Theory of the Avant-Garde Renato Poggioli The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003 A perfect gem of a book. Over 20 years ago while an undergraduate in college, I was roaming the library stacks looking for a book to use for my Art History class. I spotted Poggioli's "Theory of the Avant Garde" and sat down on the floor and opened it to the first page. 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