Louise Sundararajan

Culture, Cognition, and Emotion in China's Religious Ethnic Minorities

Voices of Suffering among the Yi

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This study examines the suffering narratives of two religious communities-Bimo and Christian-of the Yi minority who reside in the remote mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan, China, respectively. It is informed by the theoretical framework of ecological rationality, which posits that emotions influence, and are influenced, by cognitive styles that have co-evolved with the ecological niche of a culture. It was predicted and found that in times of adversity, traditional religious communities may differ in emotion expression, causal attribution, and help seeking behavior, with far-reaching ramifications in how they are uniquely vulnerable to the pitf… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Ting, Rachel Sing-Kiat

ISBN: 978-3-319-66058-5
EAN: 9783319660585
Produktnummer: 23751492
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 316 S.
Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.9 cm x D2.4 cm 545 g
Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 545

Über den Autor

Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting is Associate Professor at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, as well as a licensed psychologist. She advocates for the importance of indigenous psychology for Chinese ethnic minorities in disaster zones. Louise Sundararajan received her PhD in History of Religions from Harvard University, and her EdD in Counseling Psychology from Boston University, USA. She is Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and recipient of the Abraham Maslow Award from Division 32 of APA. She publishes extensively on culture and emotions.