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A Sociocultural Perspective on Acculturation

Latino Immigrant Families Negotiating Diverse Discipline Practices

University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Rueda

University of Southern California

This article conceptualizes acculturation from a sociocultural theoretical framework. Drawing on data from a 2-year ethnographic study of immigrant families, specifically their beliefs and practices related to discipline, the authors show that acculturation is a complex, dynamic, and interactive process that cannot be easily measured through typical acculturation scales. Indeed, this study shows that families actively choose and negotiate the U.S. practices they adopt and that children are active agents in this process.

Key Words: acculturation • latino students • sociocultural theory

Education and Urban Society, Vol. 38, No. 2, 188-203 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0013124505284293


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