ISBN:
9780813319933
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (141 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
New Directions in Social Psychology: Self, Cognition & Collectives
Parallel Title:
Print version Culture Of Honor : The Psychology Of Violence In The South
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this brilliantly argued book, the authors explore the reasons behind the higher rate for homicides among whites in the southern United States. They discover that it isn't socioeconomic class, population density, the legacy of slavery, or the heat of the South; it is the traditional culture of honor"in which a man's reputation is seen as central to his economic survivalthat makes the difference
Abstract:
In this brilliantly argued book, the authors explore the reasons behind the higher rate for homicides among whites in the southern United States. They discover that it isn't socioeconomic class, population density, the legacy of slavery, or the heat of the South; it is the traditional "culture of honor"-in which a man's reputation is seen as central to his economic survival-that makes the difference
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Violence and Honor in the Southern United States; 2 Homicide Rate Differences Between North and South; 3 Differences Between Northerners and Southerners in Attitudes Toward Violence; 4 Insult, Anger, and Aggression: An "Experimental Ethnography" of the Culture of Honor; 5 Collective Expressions of the Culture of Honor: Violence, Social Policy, and the Law; 6 Culture of Honor: Manifestations, Explanations, and Destinations; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; About the Book and Authors; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
