Author

Contributions

  • Klonoff, Elizabeth A. - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California

Language

English

Word Count

45,500 words, Guess

Page Count

182 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC305.896/073
  • LCCE185.625 .L36 1996

Description

Should African Americans be construed as a race or as an ethnic group? If African Americans are defined as an ethnic group, what role does culture play in their lives and how can we measure their culture? This groundbreaking volume argues that we should reject the concept of race and define African Americans as a cultural group. It presents the first scale ever devised for measuring acculturation among African Americans, along with powerful studies that empirically explore the role of culture and acculturation in African American behavior, health, and psychology. Among the authors' findings are how acculturation predicts symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, and physical problems, such as hypertension.

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