Attachment Reconsidered: Cultural Perspectives on a Western Theory

by N. Quinn (Editor), J. Mageo (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137386748
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/18/2013
Series:	Culture, Mind, and Society
Edition description:	2013
Pages:	261
Product dimensions:	11.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Kathleen Barlow, Central Washington University, USA Bambi L. Chapin, University of Maryland, USA Alyssa Crittenden, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Suzanne Gaskins, Northeastern Illinois University, USA Sean Hawks, Washington State University, USA Paula Ivey Henry, Harvard School of Public Health, USA Frank W. Marlowe, University of Cambridge, UK Courtney Meehan, Washington State University, USA Gilda Morelli, Boston College, USA Susan Seymour, Pitzer College, USA

Table of Contents

PART I: A FRAMEWORK Introduction: Situating and Summarizing Our Critiques; Naomi Quinn and Jeannette Mageo 1. The Puzzle of Attachment: Unscrambling Maturational and Cultural Contributions to the Development of Early Emotional Bonds; Suzanne Gaskins PART II: CAREGIVING 2. Cooperative Care among the Hadza: Situating Multiple Attachment in Evolutionary Context; Alyssa N. Crittenden and Frank W. Marlowe 3. Cooperative Breeding and Attachment in Early Childhood: A Case Study Among the Aka Foragers; Courtney L. Meehan and Sean Hawks 4. 'It Takes a Village to Raise A Child': Attachment Theory and Multiple Childcare in Alor, Indonesia, and in North India; Susan Seymour PART III: AUTONOMY AND DEPENDENCE 5. Childcare, Dependency, and Autonomy in a Sri Lankan Village: Enculturation of and through Attachment Relationships; Bambi L. Chapin 6. Attachment and Culture in Murik Society; Kathleen Barlow PART IV: CHILDHOOD-ADULT CONTINUITIES 7. Towards a Cultural Psychodynamics of Attachment; Jeannette Mageo 8. Adult Attachment Cross-Culturally: A Reanalysis of the Ifaluk Emotion Fago; Naomi Quinn Afterword; Gilda A. Morelli and Paula Ivey Henry

Editorial Reviews

"A richer, more contextualized rethinking of attachment theory. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." - CHOICE

"Naomi Quinn and Jeannette Marie Mageo have guided the development of a stunning interdisciplinary book! Attachment Reconsidered challenges exclusive attention to the mother-infant bond in classical attachment theory and the universal applicability of a single measuring instrument, the Strange Situation. For example, systematic natural observation reveals that, for Aka children, it is the sensitivity of nonmaternal rather than maternal care that determines their degree of distress during separation from their mothers." - Patricia M. Greenfield, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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