Power and the Self Paperback / softback
Edited by Jeannette Marie (Washington State University) Mageo
Part of the Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology series
Paperback / softback
Description
Power and the Self, first published in 2002, deals with an important but neglected topic: the ways in which power is experienced by individuals, both as agents and as objects of the exercise of power.
Each contributor presents a series of case studies drawn from a variety of cultural contexts, including the analysis of the appeal of Japanese superhero toys for American children; the conditions that lead to dehumanising treatment of patients in an American nursing home; the experiences of a Turkish immigrant woman in the Netherlands; a contribution relating theories about the capacity to commit genocidal violence to 'everyday forms of violence', and other cases from New Guinea and Samoa.
The introduction provides a readable historical review and synthesis of the theoretical ideas that provide the context for the work presented in the book.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:234 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/01/2002
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- ISBN:9780521004602
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:234 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/01/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521004602
