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Dialogue between cultures which avoids cultural assimilation into a global form of communication still depends on the translator's ability to negotiate the space between cultures. Therefore, along with the writer in the context of globalisation, it seems relevant to redefine the translator as well. The traditional view of translation is expressed from the theorist's vantage point involving two potentially opposing concepts: translation equivalence with respect to the source text vs. translation acceptability within the target culture. The paper argues that important questions are closed off by an emphasis on the translated text that acquires its identity by virtue of either being equivalent to the source or acceptable within the target literary system. Postmodern logic can redefine the translator's craft in terms of access to the potentially manifold modes of mutual refraction of the source and target. Such refraction occurs in the space between them which is opened up by the concept of translatability as the mode of a cross-cultural discourse. Different translations of a poem are analysed from a linguistic and critical perspective to try to account for the individually established, multiple routes of reference where translatability means the chance to embrace more than was possible before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the nature of multiculturalism, demographics and social policy. In an aging society, we will see a nexus between aging and diversity, accompanied by changing views about gerontology and social policy. Growth of minority populations, continued immigration, increases in longevity, the aging of the baby boomer and public policy responses to these trends will affect the design and provision of human services to older persons, caregivers and providers. The article provides a conceptual framework for understanding the complex intersection of these treads, suggests that social work move beyond narrow parameters of race, assimilation and acculturation, and raises implications for social policy and social work practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A literary analysis of the memoir "Stealing Buddha's Dinner" by Bich Minh Nguyen is presented. It looks at how Nguyen relays her experiences as a Vietnamese refugee attempting to assimilate to white culture in the U.S., often doing so through discussions of food. The criticism goes to suggest that Nguyen's memoir is similar to a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, and her rejection of junk food symbolizes her acceptance as marginalized.

Chapter 5 of the book "Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast Asia" is presented. It discusses the shift from assimilation to selective integration of ethnic minorities in Thailand. It presents an overview of the expansion, modernisation and nation building in the country and explores the cause of conflict between the state and the hill tribes. According to the author, the hill tribe people remain aliens in the Thai nation-state.

The article discusses the marginality of both place and people and mentions how marginality is continually reconstructed in Epirus, Greece & Albania. Topics discussed include emphasis on transnationalism, transmigration, and multiculturalism, fascination with marginality in Euro-American anthropology, and the ethnography of Greece.

This chapter explores diversity management which was proposed by John Collier. Diversity management is a term that refers to personnel practices that corporations developed in the 1980s and 1990s, a sign of the emergence of multicultural corporatism. In these decades many corporations endeavored to rework their public image and self-image as spaces that foster ethnoracial and other kinds of diversity and worker-individuality. At bottom, however, diversity management is a flexible personnel strategy designed to incorporate increasingly multiracial laborers and managers, a form of liberal assimilationism.

This article presents information related to the diverse culture and history of Asian American families. They have diverse socioeconomic status and immigration history. Demographic characteristics of Asian Americans over the last three decades have shown considerable population growth, a dramatic increase of foreign-born Asian Americans and a slight increase in the median age. Popular, recurrent explanations for Asian American economic and educational success and strong family bonds have been cultural values. Because of emphasis on interdependence in Asian American families, it plays an important role in Asian American parenting and socialization practices. The high rates of Asian American interracial marriage are due to individual choice, the need to assimilate and hypergamy theory. Multiracial Asian Americans originally were believed to display lower self-esteem and poor social adjustment due to parental pathology, marital instability and marginal belonging of children due to their ambiguous status.