Culture and Identity: The History, Theory and Practice of Psychological Anthropology

(Paperback, Revised edition)

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In this newly revised and updated edition,
Lindholm provides a comprehensive introduction
to psychological anthropology, deftly tracing the
growth of the field, introducing the key theorists,
and covering a broad range of contemporary
topics such as identity, emotions, symbolic
systems, and the psychology of groups.

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Robert A. Levine - Professor Emeritus of Education and Human Development and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Harvard University."Culture and Identity is the most lucid and up to date introduction to psychological anthropology available and provides an indispensible bridge between anthropology and psychology."Steven Parish - Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego"An important intellectual synthesis and a superb teaching text."

Author Bio

Charles Lindholm is Professor in the University Professors Program and in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University. Prior to coming to Boston in 1990 he taught at Columbia, Barnard and Harvard, where he held a joint appointment in Anthropology and in Social Studies. His publications include Generosity and Jealousy: The Swat Pukhtun of Northern Pakistan (based on his dissertation) and a collection entitled Frontier Perspectives: Essays in Comparative Anthropology.