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A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning

By Claudia Strauss , Naomi Quinn

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
052159409X, 9780521594097, 052159541X, 9780521595414
LCC
GN502 .S77 1997
Google Books ID
tyhdo9R0cDcC
Open Library ID
OL20755459M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22331920 bytes)
Series
Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology
Pages
168\168
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

"Culture" and "meaning" are central to anthropology, but anthropologists do not agree on what they are. Claudia Strauss and Naomi Quinn propose a new theory of cultural meaning, one that gives priority to the way people's experiences are internalized. Drawing on "connectionist" or "neural network" models as well as other psychological theories, they argue that cultural meanings are not fixed or limited to static groups, but neither are they constantly revised or contested. Their approach is illustrated by original research on understandings of marriage and ideas of success in the United States.

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