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Redefining Culture: Perspectives Across the Disciplines argues that culture is one of the most important factors we need to know when we interact as well as in our discussions of social problems and their solutions. Such discussions are often limited because we bring different definitions of culture to the table. This book picks up the dialogue where Kroeber and Kluckhohn left off in their classic 1952 collection and analysis of definitions of culture. As a resource for personal and academic libraries, this volume provides an updated listing of over 300 definitions of culture from a wide array of disciplines. Chapters examine how the definition of culture has changed historically, consider themes that cut across the definitions, and provide models for organizing approaches to defining culture. To round out this multi-disciplinary perspective, Renato Rosaldo provides a foreword, and prominent authors from six disciplines write about how they conceptualize culture and use it in their research and practice. This resource is an indispensable reference for scholars studying or integrating culture into their work. It will appeal to anyone interested in culture, particularly students and scholars in anthropology, intercultural and international communication, cultural studies, cultural and social psychology, linguistics, sociology, family studies, political science, intergroup relations, cultural geography, and multicultural education.
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Redefining Culture Perspectives Across the Disciplines LEA’s COMMUNICATION SERIES Jennings Bryant/Dolf Zillmann, General Editors Selected titles include: Carbaugh: Cultural Communication and Intercultural Contact Carbaugh: Cultures in Communication Hecht/Jackson/Ribeau: African American Communication: Exploring Identity and Culture, Second Edition Leeds-Hurwitz: Semiotics and Communication: Signs, Codes, Cultures Leeds-Hurwitz: Wedding as Text: Communicating Cultural Identities Through Ritual For a complete list of titles in LEA’s Communication Series, please contact Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers at www.erlbaum.com. Redefining Culture Perspectives Across the Disciplines Edited by John R. Baldwin Illinois State University Sandra L. Faulkner Syracuse University Michael L. Hecht The Pennsylvania State University Sheryl L. Lindsley California State University, Stanislaw 2006 LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Copyright © 2006 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 www.erlbaum.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Redefining culture: conceptualizing culture across disciplines / John R. Baldwin...[et al.] p. cm.—(LEA's communication series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-4235-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8058-4236-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Culture. 2. Culture—Study and teaching. I. Baldwin, John R., 1960– II. Series. HM621.R425 2005 306'.01—dc22 2004059640 CIP ISBN 1-4106-1700-9 Master e-book ISBN Dedicated to the memory of Sheryl L. Lindsley friend, colleague, and promoter of cultural understanding This page intentionally left blank Contents Foreword: Defining Culture ix Renato I. Rosaldo Preface xv About the Authors xix Part I: (Re)