Socialization : the approach from social anthropology / / edited by Philip Mayer

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 p.)
• Disciplina: 387
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology
• Altri autori: MayerPhilip
• Note generali: First published in 1970 by Tavistock Publications.; Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth, and held at the University of Birmingham in April 1967.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Preface ; Introduction ; Socialization and the social anthropologist ; The place of psychological explanation: 'practices' and 'processes' ; Some ethnographic themes ; Marginality of youth ; Extra-domestic contexts of socialization Circumcision: levels of meaning ; References ; Socialization and Contemporary British Anthropology ; Retrospect ; Current lack of interest in socialization ; Reappraisals and clarification ; Studies of symbolism and cognitive systems ; Studies of values systems Experiments in cooperation ; Conclusions ; Notes ; References ; A Psychologist's Perspective ; Recent psychological work of cross-cultural interest ; Cooperation between psychologists and anthropologists: possibilities and limitations; Psychological perspectives and Lévi-Straussian postulates; Notes ; References ; Kinship Fostering in Gonja: Deprivation or Advantage? The institution of kinship fostering ; Incidence of fostering ; Voluntary and crisis fostering ; Specific functions of fostering ; Children's responses to fostering ; 'Success' in adulthood as an index of the effect of fostering ; Marital stability as an index of the effect of fostering Conclusions ; Notes ; References ; Yoruba Mothers' Reports of Child-rearing: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Research design, setting, and procedures ; Adherence to traditional practices among Oje and elite ; Comparisons of child-rearing ; Comparisons with African societies
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume represents the first major effort to apply the distinctive techniques of British social anthropology to the subject of socialization. Along with methodological and theoretical discussion, there is a variety of new field material from Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.<BR> First published in 1967.
• Titolo autorizzato: Socialization
• ISBN: 1-136-54228-0; 0-415-86659-6; 1-315-01771-7; 1-136-54221-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817378803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Anthropology and ethnography ; ; XI.