How We Think They Think : Anthropological Approaches To Cognition, Memory, And Literacy.
These essays by one of anthropology's most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves? What connects the?social recalling" studied by anthropologists to the?autobiograp...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Westview Press,
2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | These essays by one of anthropology's most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves? What connects the?social recalling" studied by anthropologists to the?autobiographical memory" studied by psychologists? Now gathered in accessible form for the first time and drawing frequently upon the author's fieldwork among the Zafimaniry of Madagascar for ethnographic examples, the twelve closely linked essays of How We Think They Think pose provocative challenges not only. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780786743230 0786743239 |