Culture and the Individual

Winner of the 2019 Society for Anthropological Sciences Book Prize This book engages with the issue of how culture is incorporated into individuals’ lives, a question that has long plagued the social sciences. Starting with a critical overview of the treatment of culture and the individual in anthropology, the author makes the case for adopting a cognitive theory of culture in researching the relationship. The concept of cultural consonance is introduced as a solution and placed in theoretical context. Cultural consonance is defined as the degree to which individuals incorporate into their own beliefs and behaviors the prototypes for belief and behavior encoded in shared cultural models. Dressler examines how this can be measured and what it can reveal, focusing in particular on the field of health. Written in an accessible style by an experienced anthropologist, Culture and the Individual pulls together more than twenty-five years of research and offers valuable insights for students as well as academics in related fields.

Additional ISBNs: 1629585181, 1315164000, 162958519X, 9781629585185, 9781315164007, 9781629585192, 9781351672832

Culture and the Individual: Theory and Method of Cultural Consonance 1st Edition is written by William W Dressler and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Culture and the Individual are 9781351672832, 1351672835 and the print ISBNs are 9781629585185, 1629585181.