Multicultural Education in Colleges and Universities: A Transdisciplinary Approach

by Ball, Howard; Mzamane, Mbulelo Vizikhungo; Berkowitz, Stephen D.

• ISBN13: 9780805816938
• ISBN10: 0805816933
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Provides an overview of the core dilemma in America, racism, and its impact on society, and an account of ways the contributors to this volume are dealing with it in their own teaching practice in colleges and universities.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(4)
Introduction: Multicultural Transdisciplinary Education	xiii
Howard Ball
S.D. Berkowitz
Mbulelo Mzamane
Part I: The Core: Race, Ethnicity, and Their Consequences	1	(76)
1 Race and Ethnicity: Intergroup Relations in a Multi-Ethnic Society	3	(32)
S.D. Berkowitz
David Barrington
2 The Difference Race Makes: Outcomes and Causes	35	(32)
James W. Loewen
3 Teaching the Conflicts: Race and Ethnic Relations	67	(10)
Moustapha Diouf
Part II: Approaches	77	(82)
4 Comparative Literature and Politics: A Transdisciplinary Approach	79	(8)
Mbulelo Mzamane
5 Why, What, and How I Teach African American Literature	87	(8)
Mary Jane Dickerson
6 Law, History, and Political Science: Attacking the Architecture of Race in America -- and More	95	(10)
Howard Ball
7 Race Relations: Theory and Classroom Applications	105	(10)
Nicholas L. Danigelis
8 We Shan't Overcome This Way: Questions of Recontextualizing the Study of Liberal and Religious Reform Action	115	(10)
Robert Gussner
9 Economic Inequality	125	(8)
Elaine McCrate
10 Teaching Multiculturalism Anthropologically	133	(6)
Sarah J. Mahler
11 Visual Arts	139	(8)
Cynthia Beth Rubin
12 Music and Multiculturalism	147	(6)
Jane P. Ambrose
13 Conclusion: Toward a Transdisciplinary Conceptualization of Multicultural Studies	153	(6)
S.D. Berkowitz
Howard Ball
About the Authors	159	(4)
Author Index	163	(4)
Subject Index	167