The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology

The goal of cultural psychology is to explain the ways in which human cultural constructions -- for example, rituals, stereotypes, and meanings -- organize and direct human acting, feeling, and thinking in different social contexts. A rapidly growing, international field of scholarship, cultural psychology is ready for an interdisciplinary, primary resource. Linking psychology, anthropology, sociology, archaeology, and history, The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology is the quintessential volume that unites the variable perspectives from these disciplines. Comprised of over fifty contributed chapters, this book provides a necessary, comprehensive overview of contemporary cultural psychology. Bridging psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives, one will find in this handbook: - A concise history of psychology that includes valuable resources for innovation in psychology in general and cultural psychology in particular - Interdisciplinary chapters including insights into cultural anthropology, cross-cultural psychology, culture and conceptions of the self, and semiotics and cultural connections - Close, conceptual links with contemporary biological sciences, especially developmental biology, and with other social sciences - A section detailing potential methodological innovations for cultural psychology By comparing cultures and the (often differing) human psychological functions occuring within them, The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology is the ideal resource for making sense of complex and varied human phenomena.

Jaan Valsiner, Ph.D., is Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University; Professor of Psychology, Clark University; and founding editor of the journal Culture and Psychology.

Part One: Historical Linkages of Culture and Psychology
Introduction: Culture in Psychology: A Renewed Encounter of Inquisitive Minds Jaan Valsiner
1. Culture and Psychology: Words and Ideas in History Gustav Jahoda
2. Völkerpsychologie Rainer Diriwächter
3. Cultural-historical Psychology: Contributions of Lev Vygotsky René van der Veer
Part Two: Inter- and Intra-disciplinary Perspectives
4. The Role of Indigenous Psychologies in the Building of Basic Cultural Psychology Pradeep Chakkarath
5. Cultural Anthropology Susan Rasmussen
6. Cross-cultural Psychology: Taking People, Contexts, and Situations Seriously Heidi Keller
7. Archaeology and the Study of Material Culture: Synergies with Cultural Psychology Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal
Part Three: Positions in the Field
8. Enactivism Cor Baerveldt and Theo Verhaggen
9. Positioning Theory: Moral Dimensions of Social-cultural Psychology Rom Harré
10. Macro-cultural Psychology Carl Ratner
Part Four: Semiosis in Culture and Psychology
11. Social Life of the Sign: Sensemaking in Society Sergio Salvatore
12. Meaningful Connections: Semiotics, Cultural Psychology, and the Forms of Sense Robert Innis
13. The City as a Sign: A Developmental-Experiential Approach to Spatial Life Nikita A. Kharlamov
14. Modeling Iconic Literacy: The Dynamic Models for Complex Cultural Objects Rebeca Puche-Navarro
15. Existential Semiotics and Cultural Psychology Eero Tarasti
Part Five: Action, Self, and Narration
16. Culture: Result and Condition of Action Ernest Boesch
17. Culture Inclusive Action Theory: Action Theory in Dialectics and Dialectics in Action Theory Lutz Eckensberger
18. The Other in the Self: A Triadic Unit Lívia Mathias Simão
19. Dialogical Theory of Selfhood Tiago Bento, Carla Cunha, and João Salgado
20. Narrative Scenarios: Toward a Culturally Thick Notion of Narrative Jens Brockmeier
21. Culture in Action: A Discursive Approach Kyoko Murakami
22. Social Representations as Anthropology of Culture Ivana Marková
Part Six: Tools for Living: Transcending Social Limitations
23. Life Course: A Sociocultural Perspective Tania Zittoun
24. Being Poor: Cultural Tools for Survival Ana Cecília S. Bastos and Elaine P. Rabinovich
25. Cultural Psychology of Racial Ideology in Historical Perspective: An Analytic Approach to Understanding Racialized Societies and Their Psychological Effects on Lives Cynthia E. Winston and Michael R. Winston
26. Belonging to Gender: Social Identities, Symbolic Boundaries, and Images Ana Flávia do Amaral Madureira
27. Risk and Culture Bob Heyman
28. Constructing Histories Mario Carretero and Angela Bermudez
Part Seven: Emergence of Culture
29. Roots of Culture in the Umwelt Riin Magnus and Kalevi Kull
30. Culture and Epigenesis: A Waddingtonian View Iddo Tavory, Eva Jablonka, and Simona Ginsburg
31. From Material to Symbolic Cultures: Culture in Primates Christophe Boesch
Part Eight: Human Movement Through Culture
32. Encountering Alterity: Geographic and Semantic Movements Alex Gillespie, Irini Kadianaki, and Ria O'Sullivan-Lago
33. Crossing Thresholds: Movement as a Means of Transformation Zachary Beckstead
34. Never at Home? Migrants between Societies Mariann Märtsin and Hala W. Mahmoud
Part Nine: Culture of Higher Social Regulators: Values, Magic, and Duties
35. Values and Sociocultural Practices: Pathways to Moral Development Angela Uchoa Branco
36. The Inter-generational Continuity of Values M. Bame Nsamenang
37. The Making of Magic: Cultural Constructions of the Mundane Supernatural Meike Watzlawik and Jaan Valsiner
38. Duties and Rights Fathali M. Moghaddam, Cristina Novoa, and Zachary Warren
Part Ten: Cultural interfaces: Persons and Institutions
39. The Interface between the Sociology of Practice and the Analysis of Talk in the Study of Change in Educational Settings Harry Daniels
40. The Work of Schooling Guiseppina Marsico and Antonio Iannacone
41. Helping and Collaborating as Cultural Practices Angélica López, Behnosh Najafi, Barbara Rogoff, and Rebeca Mejía Arauz
42. Design Experimentation and Mutual Appropriation: Two Strategies for Implementing Intervention Research Deborah Downing-Wilson, Robert Lecusay, and Michael Cole
Part Eleven: Social Networks and Cultural Affectivity
43. Affective Networks: The Social Terrain of a Complex Culture Nandita Chaudhary
44. Peer Relations Li Xiao-wen
45. Culture in Play Bert van Oers
46. Affect and Culture Manfred Holodynski and Wolfgang Friedlmeier
Part Twelve: Towards Methodological Innovations for Cultural Psychology
47. Ambivalence and its Transformations Emily Abbey
48. Guesses on the Future of Cultural Psychology: Past, Present-and-past Aaro Toomela
49. Culture in Constructive Remembering Brady Wagoner
50. How Can We Study Interactions Mediated by Money as a Cultural Tool: From the Perspectives of Toshiya Yamamoto, Noboru Takahashi, Tatsuya Sato, Takeo Kazuku, Oh Seonah, and Pian Chengnan
51. The Authentic Culture of Living Well: Pathways to Psychological Well-being Tatsuya Sato, Mari Fukuda, Tomo Hidaka, Ayae Kido, Miki Nishida, and Mayu Akasaka
52. Psychology Courting Culture: Future Directions and Their Implications Jaan Valsiner