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Dietrich, Elise M. – Hispania, 2017
In 1960s Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian white middle class embraced the samba music written by working-class blacks as a source of authentic national culture. Cultural mediators, or individuals that bridged sociocultural spheres and negotiated the terms in which work was produced and circulated, were essential to samba's mainstream acceptance. This…
Descriptors: Social Change, Music, Musicians, Whites
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Vontress, Clemmont E. – Black Scholar, 1971
Presents a rationale for conceptualizing the black personality with a focus on the black male. (DM)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Culture Conflict, Identification (Psychology)
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Brice-Heath, Shirley – New Directions for Child Development, 1988
Discusses the way in which natural community contexts influence early language socialization and behavior. Compares approaches to language usage and literacy in Black middle- and lower-class families in a particular Southern community. (RJC)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Child Rearing, Language Acquisition
ERIKSON, ERIK H. – 1966
DISCUSSED IN THIS SERIES OF "NOTES AND QUERIES" ARE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF IDENTITY, PARTICULARLY THE IDENTITY OF THE NEGRO. HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING NEGRO IDENTITY IS THE EXPRESSION BY NEGRO AUTHORS OF THEIR NEGATIVE IDENTITY (INVISIBILITY, NAMELESSNESS, AND FACELESSNESS), INTERPRETED HERE AS A DEMAND TO BE HEARD, SEEN, RECOGNIZED, AND FACED AS…
Descriptors: American Culture, Black Culture, Black Mothers, Black Stereotypes
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Haynes, William O.; Saunders, Dawn J. – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1999
Twenty socioeconomically middle-class mother/toddler dyads (half White and half African American) were video recorded during joint book-reading activities. Unlike an earlier study, most book-reading behaviors were similar between the two groups, although the White group used significantly more labeling than the African-American group. Results…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism