“A brilliant and provocative summation of the developments in psychological anthropology dealing with the central issues of culture, self, and meaning.” — Ken Kensinger
“An excellent text for culture and personality courses. It is readable and opens the subject so that the student can begin the process of questioning the relationship between culture and self.” —H. Bruce Stokes, California Baptist University
“Culture, Self, and Meaning is one of the most insightful books I have read in our field in some time. The author should be congratulated on doing such illuminating work.” —Ray Scupin
“This thoughtful book is an excellent introduction to the three concepts named in the title, and provides nice, balanced coverage of opposing viewpoints in discussion of the concepts. I will highly recommend it.” —Brian Stross, University of Texas
“I ordered it for my psychological anthropology class. It’s cutting edge!” —Dona Davis, University of South Dakota
“I find the chapter on the self especially good. It brings together the literature comprehensively and offers a convincing argument against multiple, fragmented selves.” —Leslie Irvine, University of Colorado
“The theme, the clarity, and the organization of the book make it manageable, understandable, and applicable. It applies to life ‘outside’ the classroom also!” —Judith A. Siebert, University of Iowa
“The de Munck text is a concise, well-organized book that addresses all of the key elements needed to get a basic understanding of personality, culture, and meaning from an anthropological and psychological perspective.” —Marilyn Moore, California Baptist University