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Psychological Anthropology.
Title:
Psychological Anthropology.
Author:
Williams, Thomas R.
ISBN:
9783110802818
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (691 pages)
Series:
World Anthropology
Contents:
General Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- Variations on a Theme by Ruth Benedict -- The Quest of the Argonauts -- The Archaic Illusion: A Re-examination of Lévi-Strauss' View of the Developing Child -- The Species-Specific Framework of Man and Its Evolution -- The Oedipus Complex and the Bengali Family in India (A Study of Father-Daughter Relations in Bengal) -- PART TWO -- Researching the Psychology of Culture Change -- Projective Doll Play Reconsidered: The Use of a Group Technique with Rural Mexican Children -- Dreams as Charismatic Significants: Their Bearing on the Rise of New Religious Movements -- Northern Algonkian Cannibalism and Windigo Psychosis -- American Indian "Social Pathology": A Re-examination -- PART THREE -- Formation of Dominance Hierarchies in Young Children -- Aggression in the !Ko-Bushmen -- Cultural Variability in the Structuring of Violence -- A Consideration of Feud and Conflict in a Mediterranean Island Society -- Culture and the Expression of Emotion -- Strategies for Self-esteem and Prestige in Maradi, Niger Republic -- Fatalism and Type of Information Sensitivity -- PART FOUR -- The Social Perception of Illness in Some Tunisian Villages -- Culturally Contrasting Therapeutic Systems of the West Sepik: The Lujere -- The Dynamics of Therapy in the Lower Zaire -- Suffering as a Religious Imperative in Afghanistan -- Understanding Ritual Process in the Medical Setting -- Sex, Nature, and Culture in Ponapean Myth -- PART FIVE -- Mental Configurations: An Approach to Guatemalan Culture Change -- Some Filipino (Cebuano) Social Values and Attitudes Viewed in Relation to Development (A Cebuano Looks at Utang-Na-Loob and Hiyâ) -- Change in Rank and Status in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga -- When Brokers Go Broke: Implications of Role Failure in Cultural Brokerage -- PART SIX.

Psychological Anthropology: Trends, Accomplishments, and Future Tasks -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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