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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mayer, Philip.

Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ; XI.

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ; XI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Congresses.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 4, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-54228-0

0-415-86659-6

1-315-01771-7

1-136-54221-3

9781315017716

OCLC:

862048847