Culture Reexamined

Adam B. Cohen, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Arizona State University. Dr. Cohen's research fuses cultural and evolutionary approaches to religion. He is the author of more than 4 peer-reviewed articles (including amp quot Many Forms of Culture, amp quot published in the American Psychologist in 2 9). He is associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences and is a former associate editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

This is an important book that will help make culture a relevant subject for psychology by showing how the concept can be applied to a variety of important areas of study.(PsycCRITIQUES) This much-needed review of the state of cultural psychology serves as a road map for future research. Readers of all stripes will find exciting ideas and thoughtful analyses of the cultures people engage with every day.(Choice)

• ContributorsForeword Hazel Rose MarkusIntroduction Adam B. CohenChapter : Professional and Disciplinary Cultures Chi-yue Chiu, Letty Y.-Y. Kwan, and Shyhnan LiouChapter 2: Generational Cultures Brittany Gentile, W. Keith Campbell, and Jean M. TwengeChapter 3: Culture and Social Class P. J. HenryChapter 4: Regional Culture Joseph A. Vandello, Vanessa E. Hettinger, and Kenneth MichniewiczChapter 5: Frontier Settlement and Cultural Change Shinobu Kitayama, Michael E. W. Varnum, and A. Timur SevincerChapter : Political Culture and Democracy Ariel MalkaChapter 7: Food and Culture Beno amp icirc t Monin and Lauren M. SzczurekChapter 8: Gendered Sexual Cultures Angela G. Pirlott and David P. SchmittChapter 9: Religions as Cultural Solutions to Social Living Azim F. Shariff, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, and Richard SosisIndexAbout the Editor