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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Psychological Anthropology : A Reader On Self In Culture by Edited by Robert A. Levine
Psychological Anthropology: A Reader in Self inCulture presents a selection of readings from recent andclassical literature with a rich diversity of insights into theindividual and society. * Presents the latest psychological research from a variety ofglobal cultures * Sheds new light on historical continuities in psychologicalanthropology * Explores the cultural relativity of emotional experience andmoral concepts among diverse peoples, the Freudian influence andrecent psychoanalytic trends in anthropology * Addresses childhood and the acquisition of culture, anethnographic focus on the self as portrayed in ritual and healing,and how psychological anthropology illuminates social changeshow more