Develops a social value model that reveals the relationship between film and social phenomena, and political processes. The model is used to demonstrate the nature of the political context that impinges on a film, such as "Rocky," and the specific exigence to which it is a response. (JMF)

The article suggests that the regional origins constitute an important factor in determining the variations in the establishment of Chicano communities. Compared are the experiences of Mexicans in the community area of South Chicago, Illinois and a closely situated city, East Chicago, Indiana. (NQ)

The family has always existed in a complex and dynamic web of relations that include the entire range of political, social, and economic institutions of society. Knowledge of family history can dispel inhibiting myths that have limited our ability to respond creatively to alterations in American family life. (Author)

Examines contradictions in perception and position of women in India. Although women are idealized, honored, and respected, they are also over-worked and expected to toil unceasingly for their husbands and families. Concludes that women in India are moving slowly toward liberation in a manner consistent with their values. (Author/DB)

An analysis of the process of disappearance in which each language is engaged. Information concerning their past, present and future as indicated by the sociocultural profile of the ethnic groups concerned is given. The reasons for the language disappearance and, on the dialectological level, signs of language death are noted. (AMH)

The author's interest in this subject comes about from observation of an increase in ischemic heart disease in American blacks in the past decade. (GC)

In this paper, the author argues that patriclans existed among the precontact Ojibwa; demonstrates that segmentation has been a major process in group formation and dispersal throughout the contact period, and probably during prehistoric times as well; and provides new data illuminating the complexity of Amerindian sociocultural change during the…

Education for leisure is viewed as requiring an interdisciplinary approach that will educate persons to maintain positive personal values in both work and non-work situations. (GW)

Examined values of individuals who question the traditional notion that children are a necessary part of their lives. A random sample of a nationwide organization, the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, was inwardly oriented and interested in gaining support for their decision to remain childless. Their membership in a social movement was…

This paper distinguishes school ethnography from traditional ethnography and suggests several reasons why school ethnography has not yet secured a place in the research repertoire of most social studies educators. Concludes that social studies researchers should use school ethnography to develop better understandings of the daily patterns of…

It is argued that Christensen and others fail in their claim that learning disabilities are merely an excuse invented by schools to explain their instructional failures. Specific instances of error are discussed. A reply by Gerber and Christensen follows this article. (MT)

Research in five cultures indicates a similar pattern of interrelationship among interpersonal resources, in spite of differences in instrumentation, language, and background of subjects. Results support the notion that interrelationship of resources may be cross-culturally invariant. (PS)

This examination of nation-building in Ireland portrays a successful example of an enclave people who first developed a consciousness of nationhood and then acquired statehood. Both processes were problematic. Factors which influenced this transformation are the following: (1) the definition of Irishness; (2) language; (3) religion; (4) history;…

This article focuses on some contributors to the journal, "The Seven Arts." These essayists and photographers were able to rise above the cultural and political thought of their times to become social critics. They opposed war and welcomed new immigrants to the United States at times when these views were unpopular. (VM)