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- catalog abstract ""Why do members of a society espouse culturally constituted beliefs that are at odds with their personal interests and experiences? In this book Melford Spiro, a psychological anthropologist, answers this question by investigating ideologies of gender and sex relations in Burma, according to which men are superior and women are morally and sexually dangerous - despite the reality that women enjoy high economic, legal, and social status. Spiro argues that these sexist ideologies - prevalent in most of the human world - are an expression of male anxieties and insecurities." "Spiro propose a theory of cultural reproduction that is an alternative to the enculturation model of radical cultural determinism. He postulates that cultural systems are reproduced only insofar as they are internalized by members of society and that this occurs if these systems resonate with members' conscious and unconscious beliefs and desires or are employed by them as a resource for the construction of defense mechanisms. He compares his firsthand observations of a Burmese village to extensive data from a wide array of other societies (including our own) and argues that this explanation applies to all societies."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10426560.
- catalog coverage "Burma Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""Why do members of a society espouse culturally constituted beliefs that are at odds with their personal interests and experiences? In this book Melford Spiro, a psychological anthropologist, answers this question by investigating ideologies of gender and sex relations in Burma, according to which men are superior and women are morally and sexually dangerous - despite the reality that women enjoy high economic, legal, and social status. Spiro argues that these sexist ideologies - prevalent in most of the human world - are an expression of male anxieties and insecurities." "Spiro propose a theory of cultural reproduction that is an alternative to the enculturation model of radical cultural determinism. He postulates that cultural systems are reproduced only insofar as they are internalized by members of society and that this occurs if these systems resonate with members' conscious and unconscious beliefs and desires or are employed by them as a resource for the construction of defense mechanisms. He compares his firsthand observations of a Burmese village to extensive data from a wide array of other societies (including our own) and argues that this explanation applies to all societies."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Males and Females in Village Burma -- 3. Cultural Internalization: Conscious Desires and Beliefs -- 4. The Concept of Desire -- 5. Cultural Internalization: Unconscious Desires and Beliefs -- 6. Culturally Constituted Defenses and Psychopathology -- 7. Internalization of Sex and Gender Ideologies -- 8. Conclusions and Implications.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-209) and index.".
- catalog extent "xx, 220 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300070071 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Burma Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Burma.".
- catalog subject "305.3/09591 21".
- catalog subject "Ethnopsychology Burma.".
- catalog subject "GN635.B8 S63 1997".
- catalog subject "Gender identity Burma.".
- catalog subject "Interpersonal relations Burma.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Burma.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Males and Females in Village Burma -- 3. Cultural Internalization: Conscious Desires and Beliefs -- 4. The Concept of Desire -- 5. Cultural Internalization: Unconscious Desires and Beliefs -- 6. Culturally Constituted Defenses and Psychopathology -- 7. Internalization of Sex and Gender Ideologies -- 8. Conclusions and Implications.".
- catalog title "Gender ideology and psychological reality : an essay on cultural reproduction / Melford E. Spiro.".
- catalog type "text".