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Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds
Dorothy Holland
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Description for Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds
Paperback. This text addresses the central problem in anthropological theory of the late 1990s - the paradox that humans are both products of social discipline and creators of remarkable improvisation. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
This landmark book addresses the central problem in anthropological theory today: the paradox that humans are products of social discipline yet producers of remarkable improvisation. Synthesizing theoretical contributions by Vygotsky, Bakhtin and Bourdieu, Holland and her co-authors examine the processes by which people are constituted as agents as well as subjects of culturally constructed, socially imposed worlds. They develop a theory of self-formation in which identities become the pivot between discipline and agency: turning from experiencing one's scripted social positions to making one's way into cultural worlds as a knowledgeable and committed participant. They emphasize throughout that ... Read more
This landmark book addresses the central problem in anthropological theory today: the paradox that humans are products of social discipline yet producers of remarkable improvisation. Synthesizing theoretical contributions by Vygotsky, Bakhtin and Bourdieu, Holland and her co-authors examine the processes by which people are constituted as agents as well as subjects of culturally constructed, socially imposed worlds. They develop a theory of self-formation in which identities become the pivot between discipline and agency: turning from experiencing one's scripted social positions to making one's way into cultural worlds as a knowledgeable and committed participant. They emphasize throughout that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
540g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674005624
SKU
V9780674005624
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About Dorothy Holland
Dorothy Holland is Boshamer Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. William S. Lachicotte, Jr., was Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Debra Skinner is Senior Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carole Cain is Staff ... Read more
Reviews for Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds
Inventive and interdisciplinary...an excellent volume that deserves a wide readership and will be of considerable interest to a number of psychology's researchers, theorists, practitioners, students, and subdisciplines.
Mark A. Adams Contemporary Psychology (A) clear and informative account of how people reshape their sense of self, negotiate their cultural or figured world, and rebel against social norms The ... Read more
Mark A. Adams Contemporary Psychology (A) clear and informative account of how people reshape their sense of self, negotiate their cultural or figured world, and rebel against social norms The ... Read more