The Making and Remaking of a Multiculturalist

by Cortes, Carlos E.

• ISBN13: 9780807742518
• ISBN10: 0807742511
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Carlos Cortes has been involved in the growth of multiculturalism from the 1960s to the present day. He is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside. Available in-person in California and by request. Cortes has written the compelling story of his life in this thought-provoking collection of essays about diversity, society, and education. In many ways, Cortes's personal and professional story is the story of the multicultural movement itself. Containing thirteen momentous essays, this volume gives witness to the struggles and successes that Cortes and many others have experienced while striving to create a place for the voices, values, and visions of racial and ethnic groups in our culturally diverse nation and shrinking world.

Author Biography

Carlos E. Cortes is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Introduction
Autobiographical Essays
From Latin Americanist to Chicano Studies Advocate	p. 3
From Historian to Education Activist	p. 8
From Ethnic Studies Chair to Multicultural Education Specialist	p. 13
From School Curriculum Critic to Societal Curriculum Analyst	p. 17
Connecting Multicultural to Global Education	p. 21
Connecting Multicultural to Other Educational Concerns	p. 26
Connecting Schools to Media Images	p. 31
Diversity and Society: Beyond Celebration to Contemplation	p. 35
Diversity and Higher Education: Beyond Activism to Analysis	p. 40
Diversity and Boundaries: Beyond Being to Bordering	p. 44
Diversity and the Mass Media: Beyond Images to Introspection	p. 48
Growing with Grandfatherhood	p. 53
Facing the Future	p. 55
Selected Bibliography	p. 59
Selected Anthology
"Northwest from Tumacacori": A Chicano Perspective on the American Revolution Bicentennial	p. 71
Teaching the Chicano Experience	p. 80
Concepts and Strategies for Multiethnic Education	p. 94
The Societal Curriculum: Implications for Multiethnic Education	p. 103
Global Perspectives and Multicultural Education	p. 111
The Education of Language Minority Students: A Contextual Interaction Model	p. 118
Hollywood Interracial Love: Social Taboo as Screen Titillation	p. 129
Limits to Pluribus, Limits to Unum: Unity, Diversity, and the Great American Balancing Act	p. 145
Building Community from Communities: Diversity and the Future of Higher Education	p. 150
Mixed-Race Children: Building Bridges to New Identities	p. 159
Pride, Prejudice and Power: The Mass Media as Societal Educator on Diversity	p. 166
Holly and Melissa's Multicultural Curriculum	p. 183
Searching for Patterns: A Conversation with Carlos Cortes	p. 192
References	p. 199
Index	p. 205
About the Author	p. 215
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