Anthropologists since Franz Boas and Margaret Mead have traditionally gone off to study primitive cultures. This collection of original essays breaks new ground in showing how anthropological theories and techniques can be applied to the culture of contemporary middle-class Americans.
In Symbolizing America, ten well-known anthropologists pursue self and identity as cultural rather than psychological matters. Looking homeward, they ask What Is American about America? How do we know? and What difference does it make? They analyze such aspects of American culture as...
Anthropologists since Franz Boas and Margaret Mead have traditionally gone off to study primitive cultures. This collection of original essays brea...
Cultural therapy is a way of helping people cope with cultural diversity and societal inequity through the mediation of the school as a central institution for cultural transmission and maintenance.
This book illustrates how cultural therapy can be applied in educational settings to promote better understanding among teachers and students. Each chapter presents a situation in which the author has been intimately involved, offering a variety of approaches to, and interpretations of, cultural therapy.
Cultural therapy is a way of helping people cope with cultural diversity and societal inequity through the mediation of the school as a central instit...
A selection of articles by educational anthropologists George and Louise Spindler, written between 1950 and 2000. The articles are divided into sections on character defining, comparisons, ethnography in action, American culture, cultural therapy, and orientations.
A selection of articles by educational anthropologists George and Louise Spindler, written between 1950 and 2000. The articles are divided into sectio...
