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Ethnography of Stress
The Social Determinants of Health in Aboriginal Australia
Av V. Burbank
Inbunden, 2011
1098 kr
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Health inequality is a global issue. This book examines the problem through an in-depth look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by a degree of premature morbidity and mortality similar to that in other disadvantaged populations. Its synthesis of cognitive anthropology with …
Cultural Context of Emotion
Folk Psychology in West Sumatra
Av K. Heider
Inbunden, 2011
537 kr
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Based on the author's second stage of research on emotions of the matrilineal Moslem Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia, this book is a continuation of Heider's groundbreaking 1991 book, Landscapes of Emotion . This work demonstrates how situating emotion at the center of an investigation is a …
Dreaming Culture
Meanings, Models, and Power in U.S. American Dreams
Av J. Mageo
Inbunden, 2011
537 kr
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Dreams seem the most private territory of experience. Yet Dreaming Culture argues they are a space in which we practice, consider, question, and adapt cultural models of the self, gender, sexuality, relationships, and agency. Through an innovative "dream ethnography" from college students in the …
Anthropology of Ignorance
An Ethnographic Approach
Inbunden, 2012
537 kr
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The question of ignorance occupies a central place in anthropological theory and practice. This volume argues that the concept of ignorance has largely been pursued as the opposite of knowledge or even its obverse. Though they cover wide empirical ground - from clients of a fertility treatment …
Study of Personal and Cultural Values
American, Japanese, and Vietnamese
Av R. D'Andrade
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
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This study analyzes American, Vietnamese and Japanese personal values, attempting to understand how it can be ethnographers find large differences in values between cultures, yet empirical surveys find relatively small, almost trivial differences in personal values between cultures.
Subjectivity and Suffering in American Culture
Possible Selves
Av S. Parish
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
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Winner ofThe Boyer Prize from the Society for Psychological Anthropology!!!This book explores the experience of suffering in order to shed light on the nature of the human self. Using an intimate life history approach, it examines ways people struggle to cope with experiences that can shatter their …
Psychotherapy, American Culture, and Social Policy
Immoral Individualism
Av E. Throop
Inbunden, 2009
552 kr
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A lively indictment of American culture's pervasive use of the psychotherapeutic metaphor to explain behaviours, a habit that has crossed the Atlantic in recent years, arguing that psychotherapy and excessive individualism has only ensured the continuance of social problems.
Becoming Muslim
Western Women's Conversions to Islam
Häftad, 2009
552 kr
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While Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam.
Objects of Time
How Things Shape Temporality
Av K. Birth
Inbunden, 2012
934 kr
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This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time—it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do …
Objects of Time
How Things Shape Temporality
Av K. Birth
Häftad, 2012
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
825 kr
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This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time—it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do …
Chinese Modernity and the Individual Psyche
Av A. Kipnis
Inbunden, 2012
537 kr
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Rapid industrialization, urbanization, and marketization have led to startling social changes in reform-era China. Mindful of the many forms of social theory that relate modernity to individualism, this volume addresses social and cultural change through the lens of psychological anthropology.
Sleep Around the World
Anthropological Perspectives
Inbunden, 2013
537 kr
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Although humans slumber for approximately one third of our lives, sleep itself is vastly understudied. This volume provides a comparative frame through which we can understand the myriad ways in which sleep reflects and embodies culture as contributors examine aspects of sleep in various countries …
Ethnography of Stress
The Social Determinants of Health in Aboriginal Australia
Av V. Burbank
Häftad, 2013
1098 kr
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Health inequality is a global issue. This book examines the problem through an in-depth look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by a degree of premature morbidity and mortality similar to that in other disadvantaged populations. Its synthesis of cognitive anthropology with …
Attachment Reconsidered
Cultural Perspectives on a Western Theory
Inbunden, 2013
537 kr
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Since the 1950s, the study of early attachment and separation has been dominated by a school of psychology that is Euro-American in its theoretical assumptions. Based on ethnographic studies in a range of locales, this book goes beyond prior efforts to critique attachment theory, providing a …
Attachment Reconsidered
Cultural Perspectives on a Western Theory
Häftad, 2013
590 kr
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Since the 1950s, the study of early attachment and separation has been dominated by a school of psychology that is Euro-American in its theoretical assumptions. Based on ethnographic studies in a range of locales, this book goes beyond prior efforts to critique attachment theory, providing a …
Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves
Embodiment and Transformation in an Afro-Brazilian Religion
Av R. Seligman
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body. Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially those involved with interactions …
Children, Social Class, and Education
Shifting Identities in Fiji
Av K. Brison
Inbunden, 2014
537 kr
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Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. Through observation in kindergartens in Fiji, Brison examines how schools instil these ideas in Suva children. Teachers have different goals depending on the social background of the families while students create friendships through shared …
Friendship, Love, and Hip Hop
An Ethnography of African American Men in Psychiatric Custody
Inbunden, 2015
1018 kr
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Friendship, Love, and Hip Hop investigates how young Black men live and change inside a mental institution in contemporary America. While the youth in Hejtmanek's study face the rigidity of institutionalized life, they also productively maneuver through what the author analyzes as the 'give' - …
Cultural Context of Emotion
Folk Psychology in West Sumatra
Av K. Heider
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
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Based on the author's second stage of research on emotions of the matrilineal Moslem Minangkabau of West Sumatra, Indonesia, this book is a continuation of Heider's groundbreaking 1991 book, Landscapes of Emotion . This work demonstrates how situating emotion at the center of an investigation is a …
Dreaming Culture
Meanings, Models, and Power in U.S. American Dreams
Av J. Mageo
Häftad, 2011
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Dreams seem the most private territory of experience. Yet Dreaming Culture argues they are a space in which we practice, consider, question, and adapt cultural models of the self, gender, sexuality, relationships, and agency. Through an innovative "dream ethnography" from college students in the …
Anthropology of Ignorance
An Ethnographic Approach
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The question of ignorance occupies a central place in anthropological theory and practice. This volume argues that the concept of ignorance has largely been pursued as the opposite of knowledge or even its obverse. Though they cover wide empirical ground - from clients of a fertility treatment …
Study of Personal and Cultural Values
American, Japanese, and Vietnamese
Av R. D'Andrade
Häftad, 2015
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study analyzes American, Vietnamese and Japanese personal values, attempting to understand how it can be ethnographers find large differences in values between cultures, yet empirical surveys find relatively small, almost trivial differences in personal values between cultures.
Subjectivity and Suffering in American Culture
Possible Selves
Av S. Parish
Häftad, 2008
607 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Winner ofThe Boyer Prize from the Society for Psychological Anthropology!!!This book explores the experience of suffering in order to shed light on the nature of the human self. Using an intimate life history approach, it examines ways people struggle to cope with experiences that can shatter their …
Psychotherapy, American Culture, and Social Policy
Immoral Individualism
Av E. Throop
Häftad, 2009
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A lively indictment of American culture's pervasive use of the psychotherapeutic metaphor to explain behaviours, a habit that has crossed the Atlantic in recent years, arguing that psychotherapy and excessive individualism has only ensured the continuance of social problems.
Chinese Modernity and the Individual Psyche
Av A. Kipnis
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Rapid industrialization, urbanization, and marketization have led to startling social changes in reform-era China. Mindful of the many forms of social theory that relate modernity to individualism, this volume addresses social and cultural change through the lens of psychological anthropology.
Sleep Around the World
Anthropological Perspectives
Häftad, 2015
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Although humans slumber for approximately one third of our lives, sleep itself is vastly understudied. This volume provides a comparative frame through which we can understand the myriad ways in which sleep reflects and embodies culture as contributors examine aspects of sleep in various countries …
Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves
Embodiment and Transformation in an Afro-Brazilian Religion
Av R. Seligman
Häftad, 2014
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body. Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially those involved with interactions …
Children, Social Class, and Education
Shifting Identities in Fiji
Av K. Brison
Häftad, 2014
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. Through observation in kindergartens in Fiji, Brison examines how schools instil these ideas in Suva children. Teachers have different goals depending on the social background of the families while students create friendships through shared …
American Individualisms
Child Rearing and Social Class in Three Neighborhoods
Av A. Kusserow
Häftad, 2004
732 kr
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What are hard and soft individualisms? In this detailed ethnography of three communities in Manhattan and Queens, Kusserow interviews parents and teachers (from wealthy to those on welfare) on the types of hard and soft individualisms they encourage in their children and students. American …
American Individualisms
Child Rearing and Social Class in Three Neighborhoods
Av A. Kusserow
Häftad, 2004
551 kr
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What are hard and soft individualisms? In this detailed ethnography of three communities in Manhattan and Queens, Kusserow interviews parents and teachers (from wealthy to those on welfare) on the types of hard and soft individualisms they encourage in their children and students. American …
