Conclusions : some advances in culture theory / Naomi Quinn ; Karen Gainer Sirota ; Peter G. Stromberg. Reflections on culture / Roy D'Andrade -- Culture from the perspective of dual inheritance / Robert A. Paul -- Kinship, funerals, and the durability of culture in Chuuk / Edward D. Lowe -- The complexity of culture in persons / Claudia Strauss -- An anthropologist's view of American marriage : limitations of the tool kit theory of culture / Naomi Quinn -- Learning about culture from children : lessons from rural Sri Lanka / Bambi L. Chapin -- How the children piece together culture through relationships / Karen Gainer Sirota -- Narrative and healing in dynamic psychotherapy : implications for culture theory / Peter G. Stromberg -- Conclusions : some advances in culture theory / Naomi Quinn ; Karen Gainer Sirota ; Peter G. Stromberg.
Summary:
This edited volume provides a long-overdue synthesis of the current directions in culture theory and represents some of the very best ongoing research. Here, culture theory is rendered as a jigsaw puzzle: the book identifies where current research fits together, the as yet missing pieces, and the straight edges that frame the bigger picture. The most significant framing ideas are two: Roy D'Andrade's concept of lifeworlds--adapted from phenomenology yet groundbreaking in its own right--and new thinking about internalization, a concept much used in anthropology but routinely left unpacked. At its heart, this book is an incisive, insightful collection of contributions which will guide the scholarship on culture for many years to come.
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