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    23. The birth of African-American culture: an anthropological perspective

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Mintz,Sidney Wilfred (Author) and Price,Richard (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1992
    Published:
    Boston: Beacon Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    Originally published: An anthropological approach to the Afro-American past. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, ©1976. (ISHI occasional papers in social change; no. 2)., 121 p., Exploring the cultural ties between Africans and African Americans, the authors argue that there was no single culture that enslaved Africans transported intact to the Americas. They suggest rather that enslaved Africans from many societies began to forge out of common understandings and shared crises a new culture with distinct institutions, religious beliefs, and kinship roles even during the nightmare of the middle passage.

    24. The effects of acculturation on obesity rates in ethnic minorities in England: evidence from the Health Survey for England

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Smith,Neil R. (Author), Kelly,Yvonne J. (Author), and Nazroo,James Y. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Aug 2012
    Published:
    United Kingdom: Oxford University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    European journal of public health
    Journal Title Details:
    22(4) : 508-513
    Notes:
    Investigates the extent of generational differences in adult health-related lifestyles and socio-economic circumstances, and explores whether these differences might explain changing patterns of obesity in ethnic minorities in England. Seven ethnic minority groups were selected from the ethnically boosted 1999 and 2004 Health Survey for England (Indian n = 1580; Pakistani n = 1858; Bangladeshi n = 1549; Black Caribbean n = 1472; Black African n = 587; Chinese n = 1559; and Irish n = 889).