About the Book
This unique anthology combines stories and essays by leading writers in the English-speaking world and some of our finest scholars with illuminative social work practice cases. Students learn from these rich sources about how to practice social work with knowledge of the histories, cultures, and world views of diverse others. Edited by two scholars (one with a social work background and the other with an English and American studies one), Social Work Practice With a Difference creatively grounds the knowledge, values, and skills of social work in a broad literary tradition.
Table of Contents:
Preface Social Identities and Power Unit 1: Building relationships across social class Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Mary Romero, "Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey," from Maid in America. Jean-Robert Cadet, from Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American. Joel Dreyfuss, "The Invisible Immigrants: Haitians in America Are Industrious, Upwardly Mobile and Vastly Misunderstood." Ben Hamper, from Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line. Case Study Nancy Boyd-Franklin, "Therapy with African American Inner-City Families" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Nocona Pewewardy Unit 2: Assessing clients with attention to race Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Maxine Clair, "The Creation," from Rattlebone. Patricia Williams, "The Death of the Profane (A commentary of the genre of legal writing)" from The Alchemy of Race and Rights. Esmeralda Santiago, "The American Invasion of Macun," from When I Was Puerto Rican. Wilma (Pearl) Mankiller, "Child of the Sixties," from Mankiller. Case Study James Wahlberg, "Personal Growth and Self-Esteem through Cultural Spiritualism: A Native American Experience" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Deb Ortega Unit 3: Reframing client issues in aging and ability Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Temple Grandin, "Learning Empathy: Emotion and Autism," from Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism. Nancy Mairs, "Freeing Choices" from Waist High in the World. Leonard Kriegel, "Falling into Life" in Falling into life: essays by Leonard Kriegel. Leslie Marmon Silko, "Lullaby" in Storyteller. Case Study Jeanne Matich-Maroney, "On Being Different: Sophie's Story" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Ona Bregman Unit 4: Building interventions in cases where gender or sexuality is at issue Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Gloria Anzaldua, "Movimientos de rebeldia y las culturas que traicionan," from Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. Shanlon Wu, "In Search of Bruce Lee's Grave" Shani Mootoo, "Out on Main Street" Karl Woelz, "Cartography" Case Study Ona Bregman, "Three Women" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Colleen Reed Unit 5: Accessing resources for persons affected by relocation and dislocation Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Carter Revard, "History, Myth, and Identity amoung Osages and other Peoples," from Family Matters, Tribal Affairs. Stevan M. Weine, "The Experience of the Bosnian Refugees," from When History is a Nightmare: Lives and Memories of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Michael Yellow Bird, "The continuing effects of American colonialism upon First Nations Peoples." Sheida Bates, "The End of the Muddy Garden." Case Study Noreen Mokuau and Barbara Pua Iuli, "Nalani Ethel C.: Social Work with a Hawaiian Woman and Her Family." Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Uma A. Segal Social Institutions and Diversity Unit 6: Negotiating multiple systems on behalf of children and families Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Bharati Mukherjee, "Fathering," from The Middleman and Other Stories. Louise Erdrich, "American Horse" Vicki Sears, "Grace," from Simple Songs: Stories Gloria Steinem, "Ruth's Song (because she could not sing it)" Case Study Elizabeth Kenny and Kathleen Belanger, "Tanya" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Vanessa Hodges Unit 7: Invoking our Code of Ethics for clients in the criminal justice system Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Ray Young Bear, "Black Eagle Child Quarterly," from Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives. Ellis Cose, "Introduction," from The Darden Dilemma: Twelve Black Writers on Justice, Race, and Conflicting Loyalties. Leon Pettiway, ed. "Margaret," from Workin' It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime. Luis J. Rodriguez, from Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Case Study Patricia O'Brien, "Shirley: Navigating the way home from prison" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Diane Young Unit 8: Using our social work knowledge base to help clients attain health Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Mary Crow Dog, with Richard Erdoes, "Sioux and Elephants Never Forget," from Lakota Woman. Frederick and Stephen Barthelme, "Thrall" from Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss. Ann Fadiman, from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. Carol Anne Douglas, "The Madwoman of 'Off Our Backs'" from Restricted Access: Lesbians on Disability. Case Study Lisa and Carolyn Banta, "Lupus: An Elusive Connective Tissue Disease" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Gwat Yong-Lie Unit 9: Advocating on behalf of clients in poverty Editors' Introduction Unit Readings Lars Eighner, "On Dumpster Diving," from Travels with Lizbeth. Gregory Howard Williams, "Learning How to be Niggers," from Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy who Discovered He Was Black. Eric Schlosser, "Behind the counter," from Fast Food Nation. Michael Patrick MacDonald, from All Souls: A Family Story from Southie. Case Study Richard Lange, "Design and Development of a Parenting Training Group for Low-Income African-American Parents" Questions for Further Study Invited Commentary Scott Harding Contributors
About the Author :
ALICE LIEBERMAN (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison) is Associate Professor of Social Work and former Director of the Undergraduate Program at the University of Kansas. She is the author of The Social WorkOut Book (Pine Forge Press, 1998). She has also conducted research and written in the fields of child welfare, mental health, and reproductive rights. Lieberman received the HOPE Award (Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator) in 1999. She was Co-Founder (with the late Liane Davis) of Options for Women, Inc., Co-Founder (with Sylvie Rueff) of the Second Chance Fund, was formerly on the board of the National Association of Social Workers, Kansas chapter, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Social Work Education.
CHERYL LESTER (Ph.D. State University of New York College at Buffalo) is Associate Professor of English and American Studies, Courtesy Faculty Member of African and African-American Studies, and Graduate Director of the American Studies Program at the University of Kansas. She is the author of articles on American literature and critical and cultural theory. In 1995 she was an NEH fellow, in 1997 she was a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong, and in 1998 she was a visiting professor at the University of Gaston-Bergere in St. Louis, Senegal. She received a Kemper Teaching Award in 1998 and Center for Teaching Excellence Awards in Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching in 1998 and 2000.
