Gender ideology and psychological reality : an essay on cultural reproduction /

"Why do members of a society espouse culturally constituted beliefs that are at odds with their personal interests and experiences? In this book Melford Spiro, a psychological anthropologist, answers this question by investigating ideologies of gender and sex relations in Burma, according to wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spiro, Melford E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [1997]
Temas:
Sex role > Burma.
Gender identity > Burma.
Ethnopsychology > Burma.
Interpersonal relations > Burma.
Rôle selon le sexe > Birmanie.
Identité de genre > Birmanie.
Ethnopsychologie > Birmanie.
Relations humaines > Birmanie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnopsychology
Gender identity
Interpersonal relations
Manners and customs
Sex role
Ethnosoziologie
Geschlechterrolle
Kultur
Ethnopsychologie
Volkenpsychologie.
Sekseverschillen.
Burma > Social life and customs.
Birmanie > Moeurs et coutumes.
Burma
Birma
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Why do members of a society espouse culturally constituted beliefs that are at odds with their personal interests and experiences? In this book Melford Spiro, a psychological anthropologist, answers this question by investigating ideologies of gender and sex relations in Burma, according to which men are superior and women are morally and sexually dangerous - despite the reality that women enjoy high economic, legal, and social status. Spiro argues that these sexist ideologies - prevalent in most of the human world - are an expression of male anxieties and insecurities." "Spiro propose a theory of cultural reproduction that is an alternative to the enculturation model of radical cultural determinism. He postulates that cultural systems are reproduced only insofar as they are internalized by members of society and that this occurs if these systems resonate with members' conscious and unconscious beliefs and desires or are employed by them as a resource for the construction of defense mechanisms. He compares his firsthand observations of a Burmese village to extensive data from a wide array of other societies (including our own) and argues that this explanation applies to all societies."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 220 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.
ISBN:9780300146554
0300146558

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