A Companion to Psychological Anthropology : Modernity and Psychocultural Change

This Companion provides the first definitive overview of psychocultural anthropology: a subject that focuses on cultural, psychological, and social interrelations across cultures. Brings together original essays by leading scholars in the field Offers an in-depth exploration of the concepts and topics that have emerged through contemporary ethnographic work and the processes of global change Key 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 A Companion to Psychological Anthropology......Page 5 Contents......Page 9 Synopsis of Contents......Page 12 Notes on Contributors......Page 19 Acknowledgments......Page 27 Introduction......Page 29 Part I Sensing, Feeling, and Knowing......Page 43 1 Time and Consciousness......Page 45 2 An Anthropology of Emotion......Page 58 3 “Effort After Meaning” in Everyday Life......Page 76 4 Culture and Learning......Page 100 5 Dreaming in a Global World......Page 118 6 Memory and Modernity......Page 131 Part II Language and Communication......Page 149 7 Narrative Transformations......Page 151 8 Practical Logic and Autism......Page 168 9 Disability: Global Languages and Local Lives......Page 196 Part III Ambivalence, Alienation, and Belonging......Page 211 10 Identity......Page 213 11 Self and Other in an “Amodern” World......Page 229 12 Immigrant Identities and Emotion......Page 253 13 Emotive Institutions......Page 269 14 Urban Fear of Crime and Violence in Gated Communities......Page 283 15 Race: Local Biology and Culture in Mind......Page 302 16 Unbound Subjectivities and New Biomedical Technologies......Page 326 17 Globalization, Childhood, and Psychological Anthropology......Page 343 18 Drugs and Modernization......Page 365 19 Ritual Practice and Its Discontents......Page 386 20 Spirit Possession......Page 402 21 Witchcraft and Sorcery......Page 417 Part IV Aggression, Dominance, and Violence......Page 445 22 Genocide and Modernity......Page 447 23 Corporate Violence......Page 464 24 Political Violence......Page 481 25 The Politics of Remorse......Page 497 Afterword......Page 523 Index......Page 527

these 25 Original Essays Comprise A Postmodern Sampling Of The Branch Of Anthropology That Studies Individuals In Relation To Their Sociocultural Contexts. In Their Historical Genealogy Of The Field, Casey (visiting Lecturer, Bayero U., Kano, Nigeria) And Edgerton (anthropology, U. Of California, Los Angeles) Note That Psychocultural Studies Have Been Credited With Early Attention To Racism As Well As Criticized For Promoting Stereotypes. Contributors Treat How Aspects Of Modern Life Including Technology And Globalization Have Impacted Communication, Beliefs, Learning, And Concepts Of Self And Community. Specific Topics Include Cultural Aspects Of Emotions, An Ethnography Of Autism, Immigrant Mis- Communication In Clinical Settings, And Forms Of Violence From Traditional Sorcery To Corporate Downsizing. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

"The Companion offers an in-depth exploration of the concepts and topics that have emerged through contemporary ethnographic work and the processes of global change. Key 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. An essential resource for teachers and students alike, A Companion to Psychological Anthropology also serves as a valuable tool for scholars, policy makers, and social service providers who want to understand and anticipate changing relations among individuals and cultures."--Jacket The late twentieth century witnessed an acceleration of globalizing processes, resulting in many changes to the ways in which individuals experience emerging or dissolving cultural communities. This book brings together leading scholars for an overview of contemporary ethnographic work and the processes of global change Since the 1980s globalization has accelerated, and this has brought rapid and fundamental changes that have affected the ways individuals experience local, global and cultural communities. This text examines the major findings of this period, and provides an overview of psychological anthropology Contributors to this section take up classic topics in psychocultural studies: consciousness and time, emotion, cognition, learning, dreaming, and memory.