Title: African American acculturation
First published: 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.
Subjects: Cultural assimilation, African Americans, Health and hygiene, Race identity, African americans, race identity, African americans, health and hygiene, Health Status, Health Behavior, Cultural Characteristics
LC classification: E185.625 .L36 1996