Stories from Montreal

Volume 5: Table of Contents

Part I: Ethnic and Religious Groups in Montreal

1. Liesure and Identity: Fun Practices of Young Veiled Montrealers
   Sertaç Sehlikoglu Karakas
2. German Immigrants in Montreal: Investigating Immigration, Integration and Identity
   Maike Storks
3. Seeking "that Kenyan Taste that We Have within Ourselves": Changing Food Practices among Kenyans in Montreal
   Alexandra Williams

Part II: Subcultures in Montreal

1. "The Look Is the New Message": Hipsters Negotiating a Postmodern Identity
   Elizabeth Gallou
2. Fury Now: Boundary Creation and Ritual in the Punk Scene
   Cameron Fenton

Part III: Structure and Organization of Society

1. Prison Visit: Meeting the "Other" and the Transformation of Personal Stereotypes
   Siena Anstis
2. Anthropology on the Street
   Thomas Prince
3. Royal Canadian Legion: A Voluntary Organization in Transition
   Ricky Curotte

Part IV: Gender, Sexuality, and Love

1. Polyamory: Deconstructing the "Traditional" and Reconstructing the Alternative - México City, D.F.
   Emiliana Donadi Sánchez
2. X-out Boundaries: Private & Public, Symbolic Essay
   Camilo Gomez-Duran

Volume 4: Table of Contents

Miriana Vetere: Identity in the Italian Community of Saint-Leonard

• What makes us Italian? A journey into notions of national, community, and personal identity

Tamara Tashi McCarthy: Les langues du Montréal: Following French and English from everyday life to employment opportunities

• A brief history of the French language and consequent tensions are presented through the experiences of the ethnographer.

Catherine Kendler: Urban Gathering: Explorations with Montreal's dumpster divers

• What is dumpster diving and who engages in it? Submerge yourself in garbage cans to get a better understanding of food politics.

Sumayya Ayoub: Duality: the fine balance between sexuality and Arab tradition

• "Coming out" in North America does not entail coming out at home. Discover how some gay Arab men negotiate their sexual identity between two worlds.

Dafna Israel: On Campus Political Space: Behind the scenes of Cinema Politica screening for awareness

• A backstage look at the organizers, the filmmakers, and the participants of this on-campus film screening event.

Ya-Ling Fan: Me and the Library

• An auto-ethnography written through the discovery of the differences that can bring people together in a shared setting.

Marth A. Elvir Prieto: Women, Children, and the Playgrounds of Montreal

• The culture of motherhood explored through outings to the local playground. Commonalities are unravelled through the experience of mothers as it intersects with the love for place and a stage in the journey into motherhood.

Elisabeth Callahan: No Fixed Meaning: An ethnographic photo essay

• Why did you get that tattoo? The cultural phenomenon of tattoos is explored in a collaborative undertaking.

Rayah Al-Mashal: An Arabian Cultural Juxtaposition: "Negotiating identities and ascertaining equilibrium" in multi-sited social communities in Canada

• A nattartive-based literary approach that illustrates the life experiences of three Arab Muslim women studying in Montreal.

Natalie Blais: The Herouxville Declaration: Accommodation hearings: What is "reasonable accommodation" of "others"?

• Individuals' perceptions and understandings of accommodation and intercultural differences are explored.