Description
| Product ID: | 9781629585192 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Key Questions in Anthropology |
| Title: | Culture and the Individual |
| Subtitle: | Theory and Method of Cultural Consonance |
| Authors: | Author: William W Dressler |
| Page Count: | 198 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating How culture is incorporated into individuals’ lives is a problem that has plagued the social sciences for centuries. This book pulls together over twenty-five years of research on cultural consonance, defined as the degree to which individuals incorporate into their own beliefs and behaviors the prototypes for belief and behavior encoded in shared cultural models. Dressler places the concept of cultural consonance in its theoretical context and examines how it can be measured and its effects, especially on health. Winner of the 2019 Society for Anthropological Sciences Book Prize This book engages with the issue of how culture is incorporated into individuals'' lives, a question that has long plagued the social sciences. Starting with a critical overview of the treatment of culture and the individual in anthropology, the author makes the case for adopting a cognitive theory of culture in researching the relationship. The concept of cultural consonance is introduced as a solution and placed in theoretical context. Cultural consonance is defined as the degree to which individuals incorporate into their own beliefs and behaviors the prototypes for belief and behavior encoded in shared cultural models. Dressler examines how this can be measured and what it can reveal, focusing in particular on the field of health. Written in an accessible style by an experienced anthropologist, Culture and the Individual pulls together more than twenty-five years of research and offers valuable insights for students as well as academics in related fields. |
| Imprint Name: | Left Coast Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Left Coast Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-07-27 |
