Description
Book SynopsisThe study of culture in psychology has a distinguished history and has progressed in many important ways, but also has some limitations. We know much about East-West differences in self-construal and cognitive style, for example, yet we know very little about the multitude of cultural influences that shape who we are and are shaped by who we are.
This book brings readers from all fields of psychology up to date on the newest and most exciting avenues in the study of culture in psychology by focusing on different forms of culture. The book will encourage psychologists to think about a wider set of cultures than they traditionally have, such as knowledge, social class, age, politics, sex and gender, religion, within-country regions and frontiers. It also points readers to consider processes that give shape to culture, such as settlement patterns and evolution.
Trade ReviewThis 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.
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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.
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Table of Contents Contributors
Foreword
Hazel Rose Markus
Introduction
Adam B. Cohen
Chapter 1: Professional and Disciplinary Cultures
Chi-yue Chiu, Letty Y.-Y. Kwan, and Shyhnan Liou
Chapter 2: Generational Cultures
Brittany Gentile, W. Keith Campbell, and Jean M. Twenge
Chapter 3: Culture and Social Class
P. J. Henry
Chapter 4: Regional Culture
Joseph A. Vandello, Vanessa E. Hettinger, and Kenneth Michniewicz
Chapter 5: Frontier Settlement and Cultural Change
Shinobu Kitayama, Michael E. W. Varnum, and A. Timur Sevincer
Chapter 6: Political Culture and Democracy
Ariel Malka
Chapter 7: Food and Culture
Benoît Monin and Lauren M. Szczurek
Chapter 8: Gendered Sexual Cultures
Angela G. Pirlott and David P. Schmitt
Chapter 9: Religions as Cultural Solutions to Social Living
Azim F. Shariff, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, and Richard Sosis
Index
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