Kevin M. Chun

Pamela Balls Organista

Gerardo Marin

Multicultural Psychology, Second Edition, is a research-based and highly applied text that aims to increase students’ sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge regarding the role of ethnicity, race, and culture and how they influence human behavior and adjustment.

Multicultural Psychology

"I am most enthusiastic about this book. I designed the course and was thrilled to see that I finally found a good PSYCHOLOGY book with these incredible authors who are so well-respected in their field." —Alyson L. Burns-Glover, Pacific University of Oregon "Well-organized and comprehensive coverage of ethnic psychology." —Judith Chapman, Saint Joseph′s University This comprehensive, research-based text allows undergraduate psychology students to explore fundamental issues and methods that distinguish the field of ethnic psychology within mainstream psychology. Combining theory with practical examples, it examines ethnic identities, acculturation, and biculturalism, while aiming to increase readers′ sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge regarding the role of ethnicity and culture in human behavior. Key Features Diverse authorship that includes respected African American, Latino, and Asian American researchers Significant theoretical formulations (on ethnic identity, acculturation, biculturalism, etc.) are covered, offering students a foundation for examining the relationship between ethnicity and human behavior, adjustment, and social conditions Vignettes at the beginning of each chapter provide practical applications of key topics, while boxes and side bars give examples of relevant research, data, and commentary Chapter-ending key terms, Learn by Doing exercises, and suggested readings reinforce comprehension and retention Intended audience Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Multicultural Psychology, Psychology of Ethnic Groups, Minority Psychology, Cross Cultural Psychology and similar classes.

The Psychology of Ethnic Groups in the United States

Gerardo Marín

Multicultural Psychology, Second Edition, is a research-based and highly applied text that aims to increase students' sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge regarding the role of ethnicity, race, and culture and how they influence human behavior and adjustment.

Providing students with a readable, basic text on fundamental issues and methods that distinguish the field of ethnic psychology within mainstream psychology, the authors overview the field of ethnic psychology with emphasis on the experiences of African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino, and multiethnic individuals.

Annotation An anthology of 11 studies synthesize research findings on acculturation that have been reported in specialist journals on the ethnic groups studied, or on theoretical and empirical issues, and so not readily available to psychologists in general. They discuss developments in theory, measurement, and applied research; individual and family processes; and acculturation, psychosocial adjustment, and health. Most of the contributors are research psychologists in the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Advances in Theory, Measurement, and Applied Research

Acculturation

Lois Ann Lorentzen

Joaquin Jay Gonzalez

Hien Duc Do

Based on ethnographic research by an interdisciplinary team of scholars and activists, Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana illuminates the role that religion plays in the civic and political experiences of new migrants in the United States. By bringing innovative questions and theoretical frameworks to bear on the experiences of Chinese, Filipino, Mexican, Salvadoran, and Vietnamese migrants, the contributors demonstrate how groups and individuals negotiate multiple religious, cultural, and national identities, and how religious faiths are transformed through migration. Taken together, their essays show that migrants’ religious lives are much more than replications of home in a new land. They reflect a process of adaptation to new physical and cultural environments, and an ongoing synthesis of cultural elements from the migrants’ countries of origin and the United States. As they conducted research, the contributors not only visited churches and temples but also single-room-occupancy hotels, brothels, tattoo-removal clinics, and the streets of San Francisco, El Salvador, Mexico, and Vietnam. Their essays include an exploration of how faith-based organizations can help LGBT migrants surmount legal and social complexities, an examination of transgendered sex workers’ relationship with the unofficial saint Santisima Muerte, a comparison of how a Presbyterian mission and a Buddhist temple in San Francisco help Chinese immigrants to acculturate, and an analysis of the transformation of baptismal rites performed by Mayan migrants. The voices of gang members, Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhist nuns, members of Pentecostal churches, and many others animate this collection. In the process of giving voice to these communities, the contributors interrogate theories about acculturation, class, political and social capital, gender and sexuality, the sociology of religion, transnationalism, and globalization. The collection includes twenty-one photographs by Jerry Berndt. Contributors. Luis Enrique Bazan, Kevin M. Chun, Hien Duc Do, Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Sarah Horton, Cymene Howe, Mimi Khúc, Jonathan H. X. Lee, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Andrea Maison, Dennis Marzan, Rosalina Mira, Claudine del Rosario, Susanna Zaraysky

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