Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture

Through selected articles LeVine demonstrates how psychological anthropology developed as a unified field of study that continues to influence our understanding of social theory, society, and self. Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture presents a series of illuminating readings from recent and classical literature that offer a rich diversity of insights into psychological anthropology. First tracing the growth of the field, LeVine and the authors then explore the cultural relativity of emotional experience and moral concepts among diverse peoples, the Freudian influence, and recent psychoanalytic trends in anthropology. Further readings address childhood and the acquisition of culture, an ethnographic focus on the self as portrayed in ritual and healing, and how psychological anthropology illuminates social change.
Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture is the first reader in decades to combine new historical insights with recent original research and bridges our understanding of the relationship of individuals to their societies.

Spis treści:
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I Constructing a Paradigm, 1917–55.
Introduction – Invisible Pioneers: “Culture and Personality” Reconsidered.
1 The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (W. I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki).
2 The Psychology of Culture (Edward Sapir).
3 Culture and Experience (A. Irving Hallowell).
Part II Emotion and Morality in Diverse Cultures.
Introduction – Human Variations: A Population Perspective on Psychological Processes.
4 Emotions Have Many Faces: Inuit Lessons (Jean Briggs).
5 Moral Discourse and the Rhetoric of Emotion (Geoffrey M. White).
6 Kali’s Tongue (Usha Menon and Richard A. Shweder).
7 Shame and Guilt in Japan (Takie Lebra).
8 Introduction t o Culture and Depression (Arthur Kleinman and Byron Good).
Part III Psychoanalytic Explorations through Fieldwork.
Introduction – After Freud: Dramas of the Psyche in Cultural Context.
9 Psychoanalytic Anthropology (Robert A. Paul).
10 Is the Oedipus Complex Universal? (Anne Parsons).
11 Kagwahiv Mourning I: Dreams of a Bereaved Father (Waud H. Kracke).
12 Kagwahiv Mourning II: Ghosts, Grief, and Reminiscences (Waud H. Kracke).
Part IV Childhood: Internalizing Cultural Schemas.
Introduction – Childhood Experience: The Role of Communication.
13 Cultural and Educational Variations in Maternal Responsiveness (Amy L. Richman, Patrice M. Miller, and Robert A. LeVine).
14 Self–Construction through Narrative Practices: A Chinese and American Comparison of Early Socialization (Peggy J. Miller, Heidi Fung, and Judith Mintz).
15 Parent–Child Communication Problems and the Perceived Inadequacies of Chinese Only Children (Vanessa L. Fong).
Part V The Self in Everyday Life, Ritual, and Healing.
Introduction – Cultural Narratives of Self: Strategies, Defenses, and Identities.
16 The Self in Daily Dramas (Thomas Gregor).
17 Sambia Nose–Bleeding Rites and Male Proximity to Women (Gilbert H. Herdt).
18 Cross–Cultural Differences in the Self (Douglas Hollan).
19 Clinical Paradigm Clashes (Joseph D. Calabrese).
Part VI Psychosocial Processes in History and Social Transformation.
Introduction – Culture Change: Psychosocial Processes in Social Transformation.
20 The Psychosocial Experience of Immigration (Carola Suárez–Orozco and Marcelo M. Suárez–Orozco).
21 The Schooling of Women: Maternal Behavior and Child Environments (Robert A. LeVine and Sarah A. LeVine).
22 Revitalization Movements (Anthony F. C. Wallace).
23 Culture, Charisma, and Consciousness (Charles Lindholm).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Robert A. LeVine is Roy E. Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is author or editor of numerous books and articles, including most recently, Anthropology and Child Development (Blackwell, 2008, with Rebecca New), and is the recipient of both the Career Contribution Award from the Society for Psychological Anthropology and the Distinguished Contributions Award from the American Educational Research Association.

Okładka tylna:
Through selected articles LeVine demonstrates how psychological anthropology developed as a unified field of study that continues to influence our understanding of social theory, society, and self. Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture presents a series of illuminating readings from recent and classical literature that offer a rich diversity of insights into psychological anthropology. First tracing the growth of the field, LeVine and the authors then explore the cultural relativity of emotional experience and moral concepts among diverse peoples, the Freudian influence, and recent psychoanalytic trends in anthropology. Further readings address childhood and the acquisition of culture, an ethnographic focus on the self as portrayed in ritual and healing, and how psychological anthropology illuminates social change.
Psychological Anthropology: A Reader on Self in Culture is the first reader in decades to combine new historical insights with recent original research and bridges our understanding of the relationship of individuals to their societies.