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Remote acculturation

The “Americanization” of Jamaican Islanders

Bibliographic Data

ID8074367
AuthorsGail M Ferguson (0000-0002-7865-5352, Knox College, corresponding author), Marc H Bornstein (0000-0002-6810-8427, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, USA)
Year2012
Volume36
Issue3
Pages167-177
Publication date2012-03-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Behavioral Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-0254 • E-ISSN: 1464-0651
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0165025412437066
OpenAlexW2123098539
LanguageEN
Citations received78
References cited30

Twenty-first century globalization forces of technology and trade transport cultures across territorial borders. Cultural exchange now occurs in the absence of first-hand continuous contact that accompanies population migration. We propose and test a modern type of acculturation— remote acculturation—associated with indirect and/or intermittent contact between geographically separate groups. Our findings uncover indicators of remote acculturation in behavior, identity, family values, intergenerational discrepancies, and parent–adolescent conflict among families from one culture (Jamaican Islanders) to a geographically separate culture (European American) that emulate traditional acculturation of emigrants from the same ethnic group (Jamaican Immigrants) now settled in that foreign nation (United States of America

Acculturation · Americanization · Deterritorialization · Diaspora · Emigration · Ethnic group · Geography · Globalization · Identity (music · Immigration · Pacific islanders · Political science · Population · Race (biology · Sociology · Anthropology · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Demography · Gender Studies · Law

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