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INTRODUCTION: A Dynamic Book

  • "Preface to the Second Edition", by Jaime S. Wurzel
  • "Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education", by Jaime S. Wurzel

PART I: HUMAN CONDITION THEMES

Introduction

  • Ethnocentrism
    • "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari", by Richard Borshay Lee
    • "Kapluna Daughter", by Jean L. Briggs
    • Questions for Discussion
  • The Nature of Prejudice
    • Introduction
    • "An Interview with C.P. Ellis", by Studs Terkel
    • "Beth Ane: A Case Study of Culturally Defined Adjustment and Teacher Perceptions", by George Dearborn Spindler
    • "People on the River", by J. D Scrimgeur
    • Questions for Discussion
  • Conformity and Resistance to Cultural Norms
    • "You Will Do as Directed", by Ron Jones
    • "Beating the Man", by George Dixon
    • Questions for Discussion
  • Culture and Identity
    • "The Bear That Wasn't", by Frank Tashlin
    • "Alienation", by Julio Ramon Ribeyro
    • "My Childhood", by James Baldwin
    • "Deafness As Culture", by Edward Golnick
    • "The Gangster We All Are Looking For", by Le Thi Diem Thuy
    • "Exploring Cultural Identity: A Conversation with Three Children", by Jaime S. Wurzel
    • Questions for Discussion.

PART II: CULTURAL VARIATION THEMES

Introduction

  • Socialization
    • "Some Discontinuities in the Enculturation of Mistassini Cree Children", by Peter S. Sindell
    • "A Boy's Life", by JoAnn Wypijewsky
    • "Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl", by Harriet Jacobs
    • "The Plane Reservation", by Massud Fazan
  • Value Orientations
    • "The Persistence of Ie in the Light of Japan's Modernization", by Hitoshi Fukue
    • "Longing for America", by David Rubin
    • "Between Themselves", by Wang An-Yi
    • "Caught in the Middle", by Shahnon Ahmad
    • Questions for Discussion
  • Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
    • "An Introduction to Intercultural Differences and Similarities in Nonverbal Communication", by Susan Irujo
    • "Communicative Competence: A Historical and Cultural Perspective", by Paula Menyuk and Diane Menyuk
    • "Man At the Mercy of Language", by Peter Farb
    • Questions for Discussion
  • Culture and Thought
    • "Ways of Learning: Culture and Cognition", by Marylou Breitborde
    • "Coyote's Eyes: Native Cognition Styles", by Terry Tafoya
    • "Measuring Cognitive Diversity: A Cultural and Historical Overview", by Jaime Wurzel
    • Questions for Discussion