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Broschiertes Buch

A Companion to Psychological Anthropology

Modernity and Psychocultural Change

Herausgeber: Casey, Conerly Carole; Edgerton, Robert B

Beschreibung

The late twentieth century witnessed a rapid acceleration of globalizing processes, resulting in dramatic changes to the ways in which individuals experience emerging or dissolving cultural communities. It is therefore a critical time to highlight the work of psychocultural anthropology with its focus on cultural, psychological, and social interrelations at all levels and across cultures. A Companion to Psychological Anthropology is a groundbreaking volume that brings together leading scholars for a first definitive overview of contemporary ethnographic work and the processes of global change. The Companion is an essential resource for teachers and students, as well as scholars, policy makers, and social service.

Autor

Conerly Casey is Assistant Professor in the anthropology and psychology programs at the American University of Kuwait. Based on research with Muslim Hausa youths in northern Nigeria, she has published several articles and book chapters about the politics of identity and citizenship, media and mediated emotion, and violence, including 'Suffering and the Identification of Enemies in Northern Nigeria' in PoLAR (1998) and 'Mediated Hostility: Media, "Affective Citizenships" and Genocide in Northern Nigeria' in Genocide, Truth and Representation: Anthropological Approaches (2007), co-edited by Alexander Laban Hinton and Kevin O'Neill. Robert B. Edgerton is a University Scholar and Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a past president of the Society for Psychological Anthropology and has published a number of books in the field, including Rules, Exceptions, and Social Order (1985), Sick Societies (1992), and Warrior Women (2000).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 941g
• ISBN-13: 9781405162555
• ISBN-10: 1405162554
• Artikelnr.: 22702108

Rezensionen

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

"Absolutely without an equal among texts in the field ... thisvolume (is) particularly user friendly for instructors andreaders."
Choice

"What a wonderful surprise! Having edited, reviewed andcontributed to many anthologies, I approached this Companionskeptically ... But the uniformly high quality of the writing soonwon me over ... This volume achieves its goals of introducing newreaders to psychological anthropology and of contributing to 'itsgrowing vigor'."
Ethos: Journal of the Society for PsychologicalAnthropology

"Any publication which draws the attention of psychologists tothe existence of other cultures is extremely welcome ... This bookcan be

recommended for its broad coverage and its range ofinteresting ideas. All university libraries catering for courses inpsychology or in any sociological field should consider acquiring acopy."
Reference Reviews

"A much needed and impressive book. Soundly linking issuesof perennial interest to psychological anthropologists, thesechapters make for a truly significant advance in anthropology. Thepages sparkle with rich, innovative ideas drawn from carefullyrendered research by leading scholars."
Robert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence College

"On the forefront of discussions about the relationshipbetween culture and psyche, this exciting, wide-ranging collectionmakes clear how much the field has changed and developed in recentyears."
Tanya Luhrmann, University of Chicago