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Meanings Beneath the Skin
Sherle L. Boone
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Description for Meanings Beneath the Skin
Hardback. "Published in partnership with the American Educational Research Association." Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
Questions about the identity of American-born people of African descent have been debated throughout American History. It is widely assumed that the process of adaptation to a racially stratified society influenced the attitudes, beliefs and emotions of African-Americans. This assumption begs the question, are African Americans a 'new people' with distinctive psychological and cultural traits? The author contends American-born Blacks were gradually transformed from 'Africans living in America' into a 'new people' with different racial conceptualizations and global worldviews from their African ancestors. The author argues that meanings attributed to the concept of race are of paramount importance in ... Read more
Questions about the identity of American-born people of African descent have been debated throughout American History. It is widely assumed that the process of adaptation to a racially stratified society influenced the attitudes, beliefs and emotions of African-Americans. This assumption begs the question, are African Americans a 'new people' with distinctive psychological and cultural traits? The author contends American-born Blacks were gradually transformed from 'Africans living in America' into a 'new people' with different racial conceptualizations and global worldviews from their African ancestors. The author argues that meanings attributed to the concept of race are of paramount importance in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442213104
SKU
V9781442213104
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About Sherle L. Boone
Sherle L. Boone is a professor of Psychology in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at William Paterson University of New Jersey. He has published papers in the areas of human aggression, identity formation in people of African descent, and parenting strategies in African American families. Professor Boone is the founder and President of the W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute, ... Read more
Reviews for Meanings Beneath the Skin
This is useful for readers, as it helps them to see the application of history to our present day—something that many psychologists and sociologists do not expand upon as much as Boone does. ... this work will definitely help scholars in their studies of how history has formed a unique ethnic group: the African Americans.
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