Power and the Self 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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780521808392
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-521-80839-2
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 09.10.2012
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2012
- Serie: Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 496 g
- Seiten: 234
- Format (B x H x T): 157 x 235 x 17 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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