The concept of self : a study of black identity and self-esteem / Richard L. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Richard L., 1946-

Series:

African American life series.

African American life series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

African Americans--Psychology.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Self-perception.

Group identity.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Concept of Self examines the historical basis for the widely misunderstood ideas of how African Americans think of themselves individually, and how they relate to being part of a group that has been subjected to challenges of their very humanity.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1: THE BLACK SELF: TRENDS, INFLUENCES, AND EFFECTS""; ""CHAPTER 1 The Context of the Issues: Historical Events and Considerations""; ""CHAPTER 2 Conceptualization and Presentation of the Self-Concept""; ""PART 2: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EXAMINATIONS OF THE BLACK SELF""; ""CHAPTER 3 Some Issues, Questions, and Problems Surrounding the Black Self-Concept: Self-Esteem""

""CHAPTER 4 Some Issues, Questions, and Problems Surrounding the Black Self-Concept: Group Identity""""CHAPTER 5 What Identity Is Worth: The Interrelationship Explored""; ""PART 3: THEORY CONSTRUCTION""; ""CHAPTER 6 Another Look From Another Angle: A Move Toward Theory""; ""CHAPTER 7 Epilogue: The African Self From the Past, Revelations in the Present, and a Foreshadowing of the Future""; ""Appendixes""; ""A The Cross-Sectional Study""; ""B Tests Across the Social Structural Variables""; ""C Factorial Invariance and Structured Means""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Back_Cover ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index.

ISBN:

0-8143-3831-3

OCLC:

777596390