{"product_id":"a-companion-to-psychological-anthropology-9781405162555","title":"A Companion to Psychological Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first definitive overview of psychocultural anthropology: a subject that focuses on cultural, psychological, and social interrelations across cultures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together original essays by leading scholars in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an in-depth exploration of the concepts and topics that have emerged through contemporary ethnographic work and the processes of global change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKey issues range from studies of consciousness and time, emotion, cognition, dreaming, and memory, to the lingering effects of racism and ethnocentrism, violence, identity and subjectivity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Absolutely without an equal among texts in the field ... this volume (is) particularly user friendly for instructors and readers.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What a wonderful surprise! Having edited, reviewed and contributed to many anthologies, I approached this Companion skeptically ... But the uniformly high quality of the writing soon won me over ... This volume achieves its goals of introducing new readers to psychological anthropology and of contributing to 'its growing vigor'.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEthos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Any publication which draws the attention of psychologists to the existence of other cultures is extremely welcome ... This book can be recommended for its broad coverage and its range of interesting ideas. All university libraries catering for courses in psychology or in any sociological field should consider acquiring a copy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A much needed and impressive book. Soundly linking issues of perennial interest to psychological anthropologists, these chapters make for a truly significant advance in anthropology. The pages sparkle with rich, innovative ideas drawn from carefully rendered research by leading scholars.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“On the forefront of discussions about the relationship between culture and psyche, this exciting, wide-ranging collection makes clear how much the field has changed and developed in recent years.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTanya Luhrmann, University of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSynopsis of Contents\u003c\/i\u003e x  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Sensing, Feeling, and Knowing 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Time and Consciousness 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin Birth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 An Anthropology of Emotion 30\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Lindholm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 \"Effort After Meaning\" in Everyday Life 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda C. Garro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Culture and Learning 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatricia M. Greenfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Dreaming in a Global World 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Hollan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Memory and Modernity 103\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Cole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Language and Communication 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Narrative Transformations 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames M. Wilce, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Practical Logic and Autism 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElinor Ochs and Olga Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Disability: Global Languages and Local Lives 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Reynolds Whyte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Ambivalence, Alienation, and Belonging 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Identity 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel T. Linger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Self and Other in an \"Amodern\" World 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. David Napier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Immigrant Identities and Emotion 225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatherine Pratt Ewing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Emotive Institutions 241\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey M. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Urban Fear of Crime and Violence in Gated Communities 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSetha M. Low\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Race: Local Biology and Culture in Mind 274\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtwood D. Gaines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Unbound Subjectivities and New Biomedical Technologies 298\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargaret Lock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Globalization, Childhood, and Psychological Anthropology 315\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas S. Weisner and Edward D. Lowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Drugs and Modernization 337\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Winkelman and Keith Bletzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Ritual Practice and Its Discontents 358\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDon Seeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Spirit Possession 374\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErika Bourguignon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Witchcraft and Sorcery 389\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRené Devisch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Aggression, Dominance, and Violence 417\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Genocide and Modernity 419\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Laban Hinton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Corporate Violence 436\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoward F. Stein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Political Violence 453\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher J. Colvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Politics of Remorse 469\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Scheper-Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 495\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Lutz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e 499\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407898255703,"sku":"9781405162555","price":45.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405162555.jpg?v=1730500891","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-psychological-anthropology-9781405162555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}