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Culture as embodiment : the social tuning of behavior /

Voestermans, Paul. 1946-

Culture as embodiment : the social tuning of behavior / created by Paul Voestermans and Theo Verheggen. - xi, 332 pages : Illustrations, 25 cm.

Revised edition of the author's Cultuur & lichaam : een cultuurpsychologisch perspectief op patronen in gedrag.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding culture -- Inventing culture theory -- A psychological perspective on culture -- Sex: the shaping of sex and gender -- Status: the body of class and organized compliance -- Age: the optimal balance of love and challenge -- Ethnicity: cultural arrests and bicultural competance -- Faith: religion as a man-made order -- A psychology of globalization -- Epilogue.

9781119961888 (cloth)

2013011895


Social psychology.
Ethnopsychology.
Culture and psychology.

HM1033 VOE