African American Acculturation - Deconstructing Race and Reviving Culture

Should African Americans be defined as a race or as an ethnic (cultural) group? If the latter, what role does culture play in their lives and how can it be measured?

This groundbreaking book argues that African Americans should be classed as a cultural group, and presents a unique scale for measuring the group's acculturation - the degree of assimilation into the dominant culture. The volume features empirical studies exploring the role of culture and acculturation in African-American behaviour, health and psychology.

List of contents

Deconstructing Race and Reviving Culture
A New Approach to `Blacks¿
Toward a Theory of African American Acculturation
Development and Cross-Validation of the African American Acculturation Scale (AAAS)
Acculturation and Physical Health
Acculturation and Mental Health
Conclusions and Suggestions for Research

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth A. Klonoff, Elizabeth Adele Klonoff, Klonoff Elizabeth Adele, Hope Landrine, Hope Klonoff Landrine, Landrine Hope
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.1996
• EAN: 9780803972834
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7283-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Ethnic Studies, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, Black Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General