Attachment reconsidered : cultural perspectives on a western theory /
Quinn, Naomieditor
Mageo, Jeannette Marieeditor
Since the 1950s, the study of early attachment and separation has been dominated by a school of psychology that is Euro-American in its theoretical assumptions. Based on ethnographic studies in a range of locales, this book goes beyond prior efforts to critique attachment theory, providing a cross-cultural basis for understanding human development.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Part I A Framework; Attachment and Culture: An Introduction; Chapter 1 The Puzzle of Attachment: Unscrambling Maturational and Cultural Contributions to the Development of Early Emotional Bonds; Part II Caregiving; Chapter 2 Cooperative Child Care among the Hadza: Situating Multiple Attachment in Evolutionary Context; Chapter 3 Cooperative Breeding and Attachment among the Aka Foragers; Chapter 4 "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child": Attachment Theory and Multiple Child Care in Alor, Indonesia, and in North India
Part III Autonomy and DependenceChapter 5 Attachment in Rural Sri Lanka: The Shape of Caregiver Sensitivity, Communication, and Autonomy; Chapter 6 Attachment and Culture in Murik Society: Learning Autonomy and Interdependence through Kinship, Food, and Gender; Part IV Childhood-Adulthood Continuities; Chapter 7 Toward a Cultural Psychodynamics of Attachment: Samoa and US Comparisons; Chapter 8 Adult Attachment Cross-culturally: A Reanalysis of the Ifaluk Emotion Fago; Afterword: Cross-cultural Challenges to Attachment Theory; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes index.
Since the 1950s, the study of early attachment and separation has been dominated by a school of psychology that is Euro-American in its theoretical assumptions. Based on ethnographic studies in a range of locales, this book goes beyond prior efforts to critique attachment theory, providing a cross-cultural basis for understanding human development.
Anthropology.
Social psychology.
Ethnopsychology
Social groups.
Family.