"The breadth of representation, coupled with the high quality of
the individual contributions, makes this volume an important
resource."
--Jill Morawski, Wesleyan University
"To do psychology across the barriers of group and cultural
difference is the field's greatest challenge at the close of this
century. And this book coheres the elements of that challenge--the
different perspectives, the philosophical conundrums, the
unavoidable realities, and the opportunities--better than any book
I have seen so far."
--Claude M. Steele, Stanford University
Cultural differences affect everything from international
relations to the trivial encounters of daily life. Tensions between
the U.S. and Japan, strife between African-Americans and Koreans,
the difficulty urban youth encounter in adapting to a white-collar
professional culture--all can be traced, directly or indirectly, to
cultural and psychological barriers.
"The Culture and Psychology Reader" gathers a wide range of
contributors to present a comprehensive guide to the myriad issues
at the nexus of culture and psychology. What role have culture,
race, and ethnicity assumed--or, rather, been allocated--in
American psychology? How do traditionally marginalized groups, such
as African-Americans, poor women, lesbians and gays, and bicultural
people, perceive themselves and what can this tell us about the
interplay between culture and psychology?
Beginning with definitions and an overview, the book examines
such issues as development, adaption, the acquisition of culture,
the self in a cultural context, and diagnostic assessment and
treatment acknowledging the risk of cultural bias. Contributors to
this volume include: Clifford Geertz, Richard Shweder, John Ogbu,
Laura Brown, Michelle Fine and Adrienne Asch, Cherrie Moraga, June
Jordan, Arturo Madrid, Howard Gardner, and Arthur Kleinman.
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