New Directions in Psychological Anthropology

Book Overview

The contributors to this state-of-the-art collection are prominent figures in psychological anthropology, and they write about recent developments in this field. Rooted in psychoanalytic psychology, the early practitioners in the forties and fifties concentrated on studying cross-cultural variation in child rearing practices. While tensions between individual experience and collective meanings are still central to psychological anthropology, alongside...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052142609X
• ISBN13: 9780521426091
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"