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Hurh, Won Moo; Kim, Kwang Chung – International Migration Review, 1984
"Adhesive adaptation" occurs when aspects of a new culture and social relations with members of the host society are added on to immigrants' traditional culture and social networks, without replacing or modifying any significant part of the old. Interviews with 615 Korean immigrants empirically confirmed this adaptation model. (Author/KH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups
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Chimezie, Amuzie – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1985
Analyzes the biculturality of Black Americans, who have both Afrocentric and Eurocentric elements in their culture. Discusses factors of biculturality (education, punishment/reward, the institutionalization of white culture, religion, white power, and whites' numerical superiority). Evaluates qualitative differences between black and white…
Descriptors: African Culture, Biculturalism, Black Culture, Blacks