African American acculturation
Subtitle: deconstructing race and reviving culture
By: Hope Landrine, Elizabeth A. Klonoff.
Contributors: Klonoff, Elizabeth A.
Publisher: Sage Publications; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: African Americans -- Cultural assimilation.; African Americans -- Race identity.; African Americans -- Health and hygiene.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-165) and index.