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Melford E. Spiro

ME

42

Publications

3.2K

Citations

28

H-Index

1950

Active since

Affiliations

University of California San Diego(Current)

University of Connecticut

Melford E. Spiro is an author at University of California San Diego specializing in education, anthropology, and social anthropology.

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EducationAnthropologyCultureSocial AnthropologyCultural AnthropologyLanguageEthnographyCultural StudiesSpiritualityEast Asian Studies

Publications per year

1950–2004

42

Publications

42

Is the Western Conception of the Self “Peculiar” within the Context of the World Cultures?

Melford E. Spiro · Ethos · 1993 · 388 citations

Social Identity, Culture, Personal Identity +12

Context and Meaning in Cultural Anthropology

Dell Hymes, Melford E. Spiro · Modern Language Journal · 1967 · 236 citations

Culture, Cultural Analysis, Cultural Practices +11

Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes.

John P. Ferguson, Melford E. Spiro · Man · 1983 · 234 citations

Current Western Interest, East Asian Textual Criticism, East Asian Studies +23

Kibbutz: Venture in Utopia

Michael Isaac Harrison, Melford E. Spiro · Review of Religious Research · 1969 · 186 citations

Cultural Theory, Cultural Studies

Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth

C. R. Badock, Derek Freeman, Melford E. Spiro · British Journal of Sociology · 1983 · 176 citations

Culture, Cultural Practice, Cultural Analysis +13

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