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Meanings Beneath the Skin
The Evolution of African-Americans
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2011
Summary
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 the psychological functioning of African Americans. Novel circumstances surrounding the process of adapting to oppression in a racially stratified society compelled African Americans to attribute unique meanings to the concept of race in ways that reflected the nature of their experience in America. This book shows how African Americans' conceptions of race may operate in a manner that distinguishes them from others of African descent.
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Bibliographic data
Edition
1/2011
Copyright Year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-1310-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-1312-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
408
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1: Different Perspectives on the Significance of Race for Black People No access Pages 1 - 22
Chapter 2: Changing from Africans to African Am ericans and Concepts of Race No access Pages 23 - 74
Chapter 3: The Evolving of a Racist Worldview and Psyches of African Americans No access Pages 75 - 114
Chapter 4: Dehumanized and Stigmatized in a Racially Stratified Society: Psychological Implications for African Americans No access Pages 115 - 172
Chapter 5: Challenging Conceptions of Race at the Turn of the Twentieth Century No access Pages 173 - 232
Chapter 6: Rethinking African Americans’ Identity from Mid-1900s to 2010 No access Pages 233 - 298
Chapter 7: Measuring the Psychological Significance of Race in African Americans and Looking Ahead No access Pages 299 - 324
Chapter 8: Toward Defining the African American No access Pages 325 - 352
