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Acculturation: A Personal Journey across Cultures

By John W. Berry

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781108731096, 9781108589666
DOI
10.1017/9781108589666
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
812 kB (831997 bytes)
Series
Elements in Psychology and Culture
Pages
\66
Time added
2025-03-26 14:14:50

Description

Acculturation is the process of group and individual changes in culture and behaviour that result from intercultural contact. These changes have been taking place forever, and continue at an increasing pace as more and more peoples of different cultures move, meet and interact. Variations in the meanings of the concept and some systematic conceptualizations of it are presented. This is followed by a survey of empirical work with indigenous, immigrant and ethnocultural peoples around the globe that employed both ethnographic (qualitative) and psychological (quantitative) methods. This wide-ranging research has been undertaken in a quest for possible general principles (or universals) of acculturation. This Element concludes with a short evaluation of the field of acculturation and its past, present and future.

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