Contemporary themes of youth alienation and isolation are explored as they are exemplified in St. Exupery's "The Little Prince" and Billy Pilgrim of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five". (EH)

Uses a time sequential design to investigate the impact of age and time of measurement on personal time perspective in adulthood. (Author/SDH)

Sociolinguistics is a multidisciplinary field that studies language in temporal and spatial contexts, and observes language functions, identity and design, and considers the process of language learning and social controls on language. (CK)

This paper describes and analyzes population trends in countries in the Caribbean which were British colonies before the move to independence. It begins by examining past trends in each of the major components of population change, mortality, fertility, and international migration. Following this is a summary of the assumptions that have been used…

A social organizational theory is outlined, and how types of data drawn from it may be useful in an evaluation context is indicated. Anthropological ethnography is proposed as a more powerful tool in those evaluations undertaken from a phenomenological perspective. Naturalistic/qualitative evaluation lacks a theoretical perspective on how groups…

This dissertation suggests that persistence in concert with the force of resistance, exists within individual educators and the educational subsystem, and operates to maintain existing sociocultural structures. Anthropological explanations of the change process were examined with an indication that within the wider cultural milieu the educational…

Author concerned himself with the impact of fear on society and democratic living, focusing on England at present and in its near future. (RK)

Noting that theatre for young people in Europe is much more aggressive in seeking to influence the attitudes and ideas of audiences than that of the United States, this paper examines the political and social trends occurring in children's theatre in four European countries. Following an introduction to this trend toward "educational…

IN THIS VOLUME, ONE IN A SERIES OF FIVE, THE STUDENT OF JAPANESE WILL FIND REPRODUCED 16 TEXTS SELECTED FROM JAPANESE LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS (PUBLICATION DATES 1948 TO 1960). THESE ARTICLES AND EXTRACTS FROM BOOKS WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE BEST OF JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIP IN THE FIELD OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. A STUDENT OF SOCIOLOGY…

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES AND CONTENT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO SUPPLEMENT CURRENT AREA TRAINING PROGRAMS. SIMULATION WAS CHOSEN AS THE TECHNIQUE, AND EXERCISES WERE DEVELOPED WHOSE CONTENT EMPHASIZED THE AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE FOREIGN, HOST CULTURE. THESE EVOLVED AS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS AND VALUES AND A CONTRASTING SET,…

The 14 lessons (311 pages) in this text are designed to teach the basic elements of the Tzeltal language of Mexico to speakers of Spanish. The format follows an audio-lingual approach, including basic sentences and dialogs (with Spanish equivalents), pattern drills and exercises, extensive grammatical notes and examples, and related vocabulary…

The oral literature of the Zuni people has been recorded by major Zuni storytellers in cooperation with the Duke Indian Oral History Project of the University of Utah. Included in this book are 46 stories concerning the Zuni creation myth, the rituals of masked dances, farming and hunting practices, and battles with Navajos and Apaches. The…

The study of how sexual identity influences one's leisure values and behavior, and the analysis of sexual activity itself as a popular form of recreational experience, are the topics of this article. (DS)

Argues that if diversity is to be encouraged, it should not be limited to broadcasting but should be supported across institutions to keep them separate, specialized, and serving the diverse needs of our society. (JMF)