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A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning

Strauss, Claudia, Quinn, Naomi·1998·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9781139167000
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'Culture' and 'meaning' are central to anthropology, but anthropologists do not agree on what they are. Claudia Strauss and Naomi Quinn propose a new theory of cultural meaning, one that gives priority to the way people's experiences are internalized. Drawing on 'connectionist' or 'neural network' models as well as other psychological theories, they argue that cultural meanings are not fixed or limited to static groups, but neither are they constantly revised and contested. Their approach is illustrated by original research on understandings of marriage and ideas of success in the United States.

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  • Dreams are sensory-mimicking experiences of old schemas linking with new schemas, thereby updating them.

    “Dreams, Cartwright argues, are sensory-mimicking experiences of old schemas linking with new schemas-demonstrating an important role for dreaming that has been neglected in anthropological formulations of schema theory and connectionism (e.g., Strauss and Quinn 1998).”

    From Sleep, Dreaming, and the Imagination: Psychosocial Adaptations to an Ever-Changing World (2013) · cites this paper as Strauss and Quinn 1998

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Authors
Strauss, C., & Quinn, N.
Affiliations
Duke University (US)
ORCID
Strauss, Claudia
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
1998-01-13
DOI
10.1017/cbo9781139167000
OpenAlex
W2307521394
Cited by
1,276
References
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Citations by year
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FWCI
50.73
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 5257 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
Keywords
cultural meaning, cognitive theory, connectionist models, artificial neural networks, social construction of meaning, marriage, American culture, cultural anthropology

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