Cultural education--cultural sustainability : minority, diaspora, indigenous, and ethno-religious groups in multicultural societies

Bekerman, Zvi. (Added Author). Kopelowitz, Ezra. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 9780805857245 (hb : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0805857249 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
x, 436 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Preface / Zvi Bekerman and Ezra Kopelowitz -- Introduction / Zvi Bekerman and Ezra Kopelowitz -- Pt. I. The State as a Determining Factor for Cultural Sustainability -- 1. Muslim Schools in England and The Netherlands: Sustaining Cultural Continuity / Geoffrey Walford -- 2. The Catch 22 of Categorization: Soviet Jews, Caucasus Jews, and Dilemmas of Multiculturalism in Israel / Chen Bram -- 3. Achieving Cultural Sustainability?: The Phenomenon of Jewish and Muslim Schools in England and Wales / Marie Parker-Jenkins -- 4. Education and Cultural Sustainability for the Minority People in China: Challenges in the Era of Economic Reform and Globalization / Jin Glin -- 5. Cultural Sustainability: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Mongol High School in China / Bing Wang -- 6. The Hidden Curriculum of Assimilation in Modern Chinese Education: Fuelling Indigenous Tibetan and Uygur Cessation Movements / Seonaigh Macpherson and Gulbahar Beckett -- Pt. II. Communal Infrastructure and Cultural Sustainability in Different National Contexts -- 7. Agents of Socialization: The Educational Agenda of Basque Centers in Basque Transnational Communities / Gloria Totoricaguena -- 8. Korean Exceptionalism?: History, Culture, Politics, and Ethnic Relations in Northeast China / Sweena Choi -- 9. Born with Gold in Your Mouth: Maintaining Identity in Australian Coptic Orthodox Young Adults / Richard Rymarz and Marian De Souza -- 10. Retaining Ethnic Identity: The Armenians in Bulgaria / Mart Firkatian -- Pt. III. Formal Educational Institutions and the Battle Against the Hegemony of Liberal Culture -- 11. Race and Minority Schooling in Canada: Dealing with Questions of Equity and Access in Education / George J. Sefa Dei -- 12. Reversing Deculturalization for Better or for Worse: Teaching Hawaiian Culture in Public Schools / Gay Garland Reed -- 13. The Land is the First Teacher: The Indigenous Knowledge Instructors' Program / Celia Haig-Brown and Kaaren Dannenmann -- 14. Old Order Amish Private Schools: Preparing Children and Preserving Community / Karen M. Johnson-Weiner -- 15. Arguments as Venues for Cultural Education: A Comparison of Epistemic Practices at General and Religious Schools in Israel / Eli Gottlieb -- 16. "Dorks with Yarmulkes": An Ethnographic Inquiry into the Surprised Embrace of Parochial Day Schools by Liberal American Jews / Alex Pomson -- 17. The Unintended Consequence of Liberal Jewish Schooling: A Comparative Study of the Teaching of Jewish Texts for the Purpose of Cultural Sustainability / Zvi Bekerman and Ezra Kopelowitz -- Pt. IV. Everyday Life and the Medias of Cultural Transmission -- 18. Singing the Stories of Diaspora: Jewish Identity in Canada / Joi Freed-Garrod -- 19. New Worlds, Old Values: Cultural Maintenance in Asian Indian Women Immigrants' Narratives / M. Gail Hickey -- 20. Cyberspace and Ethnic Identities: The Creation of Virtual Communities. The Case of Italy / Lucia Clark -- Pt. V. Cultural Education - Cultural Sustainability: The Parameters of Cultural Dialogue in the Context of Hegemony -- 21. Cultural Education and the Paradigm of Recognition / Plamen Makariev -- 22. Embracing Complexity: Some Concluding Remarks / Zvi Berkerman and Ezra Kopelowitz.