Socialization: The approach from social anthropologyPhilip Mayer This volume represents the first major effort to apply the distinctive techniques of British social anthropology to the subject of socialization. Along with methodological and theoretical discussion, there is a variety of new field material from Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere. |
Contents
Socialization and Contemporary British Anthropology | 1 |
A Psychologists Perspective | 33 |
Deprivation or Advantage? | 51 |
Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations | 75 |
Some Speculations upon their Effects | 109 |
The Function of Ritual in the Socialization of the Samburu Moran | 127 |
the Youth Organization of the Red Xhosa | 159 |
Two Types of Youth Group in Kinshasa Léopoldville | 191 |
Socialization and Social Structure in a Malay Village | 215 |
Learning to See in New Guinea | 269 |
Teasing and Socialization on Tristan da Cunha | 293 |
Notes on Contributors | 333 |
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