New Directions in Psychological Anthropology |
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| Editor:
| Schwartz, Theodore
White, Geoffrey M.
Lutz, Catherine A. |
| Contribution by:
| Quinn, Naomi
Fessler, Daniel
Johnson, Allen W.
Lebra, Takie Sugiyama
Lucy, John
Strauss, Claudia
Whitehead, Harriet |
| Series title: | Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-42609-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $93.95 |
Book Description:
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The contributors to this collection, all leading figures in contemporary psychological anthropology, discuss recent developments in the field. The book discusses cognition, developmental psychology, biology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis, areas that have always been integral to psychological anthropology, but which are now being transformed by new perspectives on the body, meaning, agency and communicative practice.
The contributors to this collection, all leading figures in contemporary psychological anthropology, discuss recent developments in the field. The book discusses cognition, developmental psychology, biology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis, areas that have always been integral to psychological anthropology, but which are now being transformed by new perspectives on the body, meaning, agency and communicative practice.