Communication
Nancy Budwig (Editor), James V. Wertsch (Editor), Ina C. UzgirisBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Synopsis
In the past decade, psychology has increasingly acknowledged the importance of considering the role of culture for understanding human development. One of the major issues now confronting those interested in this issue is how cultural meanings, values, and practices are appropriated by persons growing up and living in concrete contexts. The general theme addressed in this volume concerns how enactments of cultural understandings in social interactions form the fabric of individual experience and the specificities of individual development.
Booknews
A multidisciplinary look at the role of verbal and nonverbal processes in human development, particularly the organization and origins of communication and the emergence of self in communication. The 11 studies, from an April 1996 conference at Clark University in Massachusetts, discuss intersubjectivity and alterity, the emergence of representative symbols in preverbal communication, public discussion and collective identity among adolescents, and other topics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)