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Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning

Bradd Shore

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Despite the recognized importance of cultural diversity in understanding the modern world, the emerging science of cognitive psychology has relied far more on experimental psychology, neurobiology, and computer science than on cultural anthropology for its models of how we think. In this exciting new book, anthropologist Bradd Shore has created the first study linking multi-culturalism to cognitive psychology, exploring the complex relationship between culture in public institutions and in mental representations. In so doing, he answers in a completely new way the age old question of whether humans are basically the same psychologically, independent of cultures, or basically diverse because of cultural differences. The first half of the book emphasizes cultural models, from Australian Aboriginal rituals and Samoan comedy skits, to more familiar terrain, including a study of baseball as a cultural model for Americans. Along the way, the author sheds new and novel light on many familiar institutions, from educational curricula and shopping malls to modular furniture and cyberpunk fiction. These observations are then linked to theoretical developments in linguistics, semiotics, and neuroscience, creating a bold new approach to understanding the role of culture in everyday meaning making. The author argues that culture must be considered an intrinsic component of the human mind to a degree that most psychologists and even many anthropologists have not recognized. This new position of cultural models will make absorbing reading for psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, and philosophers, and to anyone interested in the issues of cultural diversity, multiculturalism, or cognitive science in general.

The Work of Culture: Symbolic Transformation in Psychoanalysis and Anthropology (Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures)

Gananath Obeyesekere

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Brilliant anthropology 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book describes how people use different aspects of their culture to help them face and deal with different psychological dilemmas. Obeyesekere is famous for this kind of first rate analysis. Nevertheless, I wouldn't recommend it for the causal undergrad. I found it dense at first, and then upon a second reading more easily digested it. It was very helpful for my dissertation.

Eurocentric Psychoanalysis continues.... 1 out of 5 stars.
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Despite numerous attempts by many practicing psychoanalysts and other scholars, this book applies Freudian theories on South Asian Religions and fails to do justice to Hinduism and Buddhism.

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"The Work of Culture is the product of two decades of field research by Sri Lanka's most distinguished anthropological interpreter, and its combination of textual analysis, ethnographic sensitivity, and methodological catholicity makes it something of a blockbuster."—Arjun Appadurai, Journal of Asian Studies

Soul and Native Americans (Dunquin Series)

Ã…ke Hultkrantz

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Hultkrantz describes the variety of Native American concepts of soul, going beyond the trite explanations that have often been passed down as "Indian" beliefs in Western society. We learn of different "souls" pertaining to death, body parts, dreams, and the free soul.

First published in Sweden as an academic study, this edited version of Soul and Native Americans gives an overview of Native American belief in soul an how it relates to their polytheistic traditions, religions, and societies.

Darkness Matters : Understanding How NeuroMelanin Impacts Health, Disease, Memory, Movement, and Consciousness

Ann Brown

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DARKNESS HAS ALWAYS MATTERED 5 out of 5 stars.
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Darkness mattered in the creation of America. Nearly all major American historians paint America as a child of European consciousness. It is not. Africans have been here before the beginning of the nation; and at the beginning the African population outnumbered the European in many sections of the country. The impact of Africa on the culture, religion and popular culture of the nation makes America not New Europe as opposed to Old Europe. It makes America a whole new world, indeed. Darkness Matters gives us a sense of how the impact is grounded in the neuroMelanin, the biospirituality of the nation. The presence of African Americans in such large numbers have given all Americans unique ways of connecting with emotions, mind, each other and with the inner self.

As Brazil and South Africa -the other two Afro-European cultures of the world-- emerge we'll see from them a lot of what has come only from us. In the new, emerging global economy (village, really because only a certain aspect of the American psyche see the coming together of peoples primarily as an economic phenomenon rather than a spiritual one) --in the new emerging global village, America will maintain itself as a leader only if it can continue to give "the gift of spirit," as W.E. B. Dubois called it. This book by Edward Bruce Bynum, and his colleagues, gives us ample scientific and archaeological background, and ample reason why we should not continue to squander the gift.

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Asking the question, Are people with dark skin truly different?, these essays consider the history, science, and psychology of melanin. With contributions from such noted writers and scholars as Hunter Adams, Ann Brown, Richard King, and Owen Moore, these writings explore the history of people with surface skin melanin. The genetic influence of melanin on culture and learning is also addressed, with a specific look at the unfair treatment of African American children in schools that has led to poor IQ test scores and disproportionate numbers of African American children in special education classes.

Counseling across Cultures

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"This fourth edition of Counseling Across Cultures is a significant revision of the previous edition; in this latest edition, the reader is provided with a comprehensive examination and review of counseling skills, techniques, and practices for working with culturally diverse individuals. . . . A very positive characteristic of this book is that each chapter begins with a statement of the primary objective and secondary objectives. . . . This book is relevant to the work of rehabilitation counselors who need knowledge, skills, and techniques to assist their clients who are from culturally diverse backgrounds. Likewise, it will serve as an excellent text for courses in sociological aspects of counseling." --Martin G. Brodwin, California State University, Los Angeles "The editors have assembled a racially and ethnically diverse group of scholars who present state-of-the-art discussions of the rapidly evolving field of multicultural counseling. The writing is sharp, crisp, up-to-date, and stimulating. This book has been an acknowledged classic in the field for 20 years, and this fourth edition does great justice to the continuing legacy of Counseling Across Cultures." --Joseph G. Ponterotto, Fordham University, New York "The first edition of Counseling Across Cultures highlighted the relevance of 'culture' to the counseling profession. Now in its fourth edition, this book remains one of the few true classics in the field." --Joseph G. Ponterotto, Fordham University, New York "Culture has become perhaps the single most important revolutionary idea in this century for the field of counseling and has in many ways become a 'fourth force' to supplement the alternatives of psychodynamic, humanistic, and behavioral theory." --from the Introduction to Counseling Across Cultures Completely updated and expanded, the fourth edition of Counseling Across Cultures offers a comprehensive examination of the increasing priority of culture in the counseling process. The contributors examine the cultural context of accurate assessment and appropriate interventions in counseling, highlighting work with groups, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, refugees, and international students. A new chapter devoted to gender issues and an updated consideration of ethics, cultural empathy, behavioral approaches, and the future of cultural counseling round out this valuable collection of perspectives. In addition, this book discusses the effectiveness of intercultural counseling and looks to the future of the field. Both a practical guide for counseling practitioners and an information-packed source for researchers and professors, Counseling Across Cultures, Fourth Edition is also an ideal resource for students in counseling, psychology, and social work.

Black Psychology

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This book is an insult to blacks and whites alike. 1 out of 5 stars.
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This book is a hatemongering piece of trash and has very little to do with psychology. It should be called "A bunch of essaysists pulling out the race card at the slightess provocation." I must say there were a few good essays in it, but for the most part, it was not fit to be used as a text. One essay insists that prejudice and discrimination in the US are worse than they were before the civil rights movement. This is such an insult to the civil rights workers, some of whom lost their lives, to say that their sacrifices did nothing to help African Americans. There are very few scientifically valid statements...mostly just accusations. I have NO idea why a reputable university would accept this book as a text.

An excellent introduction to the thinkers and thought that began the Black Psychology Movement 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book provides an excellent introduction to the thinkers and thought that began the Black Psychology Movement in the US. The essays cover a broad range of approaches to and issues of interest to a Black Psychology. They have in common a proactive commitment to moving toward Black self definition and away from the reactive Black psychology of the previous era (disputing aspersions cast by mainstream psychology) and even further away from traditional psychology's penchant for describing Blackness and the Black experience in negative terms. As one might expect during the initiating phase of the sub discipline, the theoretical offerings vary in their practical utility and theoretical fitness. Readers will observe that the ideas of greater merit have survived that initial period of exploration but that all of the essays in this volume are important documentation of the struggle among Black intellectuals set the parameters for an authentic Psychology of the Black Experience. I use this text in my courses regularly. *The text itself does not provide much of a meta-narrative therefore naive users may need to seek information on the broader history of Black psychology in order to place these essays in context.

Latina Realities: Essays On Healing, Migration, And Sexuality (New Directions in Theory and Psychology)

Oliva Espin

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A retrospective of fifteen years, this book brings together, for the first time, Oliva Espín’s previously published articles and conference papers. Together, these writings reveal the complexity and encompassing quality of Espín’s most significant contributions to the contemporary debates within psychology. Topics include sexuality, therapy with Latinas and other women of color, immigrant and refugee women, ethnic minority and immigrant women of diverse sexual orientations, and theoretical perspectives on feminist psychology and diversity.Primarily focusing on the experiences of Latina women, gleaned from psychotherapy practice and research, the book presents discussions on experience as a source of theory and method in psychology; issues relevant to immigrant women and girls, such as sexuality and language; and other similar topics.Latina Realities is bound to be a valuable text for advanced courses exploring diversity in psychology and women’s lives as well as a useful supplementary reading for introductory courses in psychology of women, women’s studies, cultural psychology, and other gender or ethnic issues courses.

The Handbook of Culture and Psychology

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The study of culture 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book covered a range of issues and a variety of cultures. The fact that it is an edited book contributed to the breadth of the information provided. I used this book as a reference in my study of Multicultural issues in a course I was taking through Fielding Graduate University and found it an invaluable resource. I would encourage anyone who is interested in culture and the psychology of culture to read it and gain a better understanding of the social underpinnings from which we all operate.

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This book provides a state of the art review of selected areas and topics in cross-cultural psychology written by eminent figures in the field. Each chapter not only reviews the latest research in its respective area, but also goes further in integrating and synthesizing across areas. The Handbook of Culture and Psychology is a unique and timely contribution that should serve as a valuable reference and guide for beginning researchers and scholars alike.

Recasting Ritual: Performance, Media, Identity (European Association of Social Anthropologists)

Hughes-Freeland

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Recasting Ritual explores how ritualized action diversifies in response to varying cultural, political and physical contexts. The contributors look at how issues such as globalization and technology affect ritual performance and how minorities often utilize performances to affirm their own identities while also speaking to outsiders.
The contributors examine the relationship between ritual meaning and social identity through case studies drawn from the Pacific, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, Latin America, Indonesia, and East and West Africa. Study of the theoretical underpinnings of social action affirms the independence of anthropology as a discipline from cultural, media and performance studies, according it a distinctive role in elucidating contemporary and emergent human conditions.

Ku Kanaka Stand Tall: A Search for Hawaiian Values (Kolowalu Books)

George Hu'Eu Sanford Kanahele

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Fundamental for understanding Hawaiian culture and spirituality 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book provides a wonderful foundation for anyone who wants to understand ancient and present-day Hawaiian culture, traditions and spirituality. Dr. Kanahele covers Religion, Mythology, and Ritual; Space, Time, and Place; Science and Technology; Economics; Leadership and Politics; and Dynamics of Aloha. Not only does he address these in terms of past and current Hawai'i, but he offers cross-cultural insights from throughout Polynesia and the world. A Native Hawaiian who graduated from Kamehameha Schools, then went on to earn his Ph.D. from Cornell, he was described by The New Yorker as the "spiritual father" of the Hawaiian renaissance. As the author of a book from the Bishop Museum on Hawaiian traditions Na Mo'olelo Lomilomi: The Traditions of Hawaiian Massage and Healing, I cherish this book and re-read it regularly for the new insights it provides.