In this engaging book in the field of psychological anthropology, Gerald Erchak argues that culture shapes the human self and behavior, and that the self and behavior are in turn adapted to culture. After defining basic concepts and debates in the field, Erchak takes up the topics of socialization, gender, sexuality, collective behavior, national character, deviance, behavioral disorders, cognition, and emotion. Erchak includes more material about sexuality and gender than other books in this field. For Erchak, psychocultural adaptation is basic to human life. Culture plays a central role in our behavior and survival. Each chapter reviews the literature, providing an overview of central issues in the field, and includes ethnographic case material, some of which comes from Erchak's own work on West African socialization and initiation, American alchoholism, and other important topics. His examples are drawn from the U.s. as well as non-Western cultures. Erchak addresses himself to students in the field, but also to specialists who want a clearly presented yet provocative approach. This book will be of particular interest to teachers looking for new texts for undergraduate courses in anthropology and psychology. Gerald M. Erchak is a professor of anthropology at Skidmore College.
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In this engaging book in the field of psychological anthropology, Gerald Erchak argues that culture shapes the human self and behavior, and that the self and behavior are in turn adapted to culture. After defining basic concepts and debates in the field. Erchak takes up the topics of socialization, gender, sexuality, collective behavior, national character, deviance, behavioral adaptation is basic to human life. Culture plays a central role in our behavior and survival.
Each chapter reviews the literature, providing an overview of central issues in the field, and includes ethnographic case material, some of which comes form Erchak's own work on West African socialization and initiation, American alcoholism and other important topics. His examples are drawn from the U.S. as well as non-Western cultures.
Erchak addresses himself to students in the field, but also to specialists who want a clearly presented yet provocative approach. This book will be of particular interests to teachers looking for new texts for undergraduate courses in anthropology and psychology.
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psychocultural adaptation, modal personality, secondary socialization, psychological anthropology, human career Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Guinea, Alcoholics Anonymous, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Van Gennep, New York, Twelve Steps, Anthony Wallace, Franz Boas, Marvin Harris, Native Americans, North American, Third World, Walter Goldschmidt, American Psychiatric Association, Arthur Kleinman, Jean Piaget, Stanton Peele, The People of Alor, Victor Turner, World War New!
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psychocultural adaptation, modal personality, secondary socialization, psychological anthropology, human career Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Guinea, Alcoholics Anonymous, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Van Gennep, New York, Twelve Steps, Anthony Wallace, Franz Boas, Marvin Harris, Native Americans, North American, Third World, Walter Goldschmidt, American Psychiatric Association, Arthur Kleinman, Jean Piaget, Stanton Peele, The People of Alor, Victor Turner, World War New!
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- The Human Career: The Self in the Symbolic World by Walter Rochs Goldschmidt on 4 pages
- Rethinking Psychiatry: From Cultural Category to Personal Experience by Arthur Kleinman on page 127, page 160, and Back Matter
- Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict on page 92, page 114, and Back Matter
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