Cultural and Critical Perspectives on Human Development

Martin J. Packer is Associate Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University, and the coeditor of Entering the Circle: Hermeneutic Investigation in Psychology, also published by SUNY Press. Mark B. Tappan is Associate Professor and Chair of the Education and Human Development Program at Colby College, and the coeditor (with Martin J. Packer) of Narrative and Storytelling: Implications for Understanding Moral Development.

• Acknowledgments Chapter 1 IntroductionMartin J. PackerMark B. TappanI. Culture as the Ground for a Form of LifeChapter 2 A Utopian Methodology as a Tool for Cultural and Critical Psychologies: Toward a Positive Critical TheoryKatherine BrownMichael Cole Chapter 3 The Return of the "White Man's Burden": The Encounter between the Moral Discourse of Anthropology and the Domestic Life of Oriya WomenUsha MenonRichard A. Shweder Chapter 4 Changing Classes: Shifting the Trajectory of Development in SchoolMartin J. Packer II. Culture as the Operation of Power Chapter 5 Critical Inquiry and Children in Day CareRobin L. Leavitt Chapter 6 Engendering Subjects: A Foucauldian Analysis of Developmental Gender DifferencesElizabeth Debold III. Culture as the Circulation of Semiotic Forms Chapter 7 Exploring the Felt Pathways of the Self: From Experience to Meaning-Making in Children, K-5Linda J. Rogers Chapter 8 Adolescent Girls, Class, and the Cultures of FemininityLyn Mikel Brown Chapter 9 The Cultural Reproduction of Masculinity: A Critical Perspective on Boys' DevelopmentMark B. Tappan Chapter 10 "Dead Poets Society": Deconstructing Surveillance PedagogyPeter McLarenZeus Leonardo List of Contributors Index