Presents work from within the developing framework of cultural psychology. Three sections explore the meanings of social categories, the interaction between written and visual representations and the conscious & unconscious meanings of cultural forms

Section 1: Reconfiguring Psychology and Culture.C. Squire, Introduction. C. Griffin, More than Simply Talk and Text: Psychologists as Cultural Ethnographers. L. Segal, Gender, Genes and Genetics: From Darwin to the Human Genome. Section 2: Culture and Social Formations. Introduction. S. Frosh, A. Phoenix, R. Pattman, Cultural Contestations in Practice: White Boys and the Racialisation of Masculinities. M. Fine, A.J. Stewart, A.N. Zucker, White Girls and Women in the Contemporary United States: Supporting or Subverting Race and Gender Domination? B. Ahmed, Constructing Racism: Discourse, Culture and Subjectivity. Section 3: Culture and Representations. Introduction. J.M. Ussher, M. Hunter, S.J. Browne, Good, Bad or Dangerous to Know: Representations of Femininity in Narrative Accounts of PMS. R. Gill, K. Henwood, C. McLean, The Tyranny of the 'Six Pack'? Understanding Men's Responses to Representations of the Male Body in Popular Culture. H. Marshall, A. Woollett, Changing Youth: An Exploration of Visual and Textual Cultural Identifications. Section 4: Culture and Emotions. Introduction. C. Yates, S.D Sclater, Culture, Psychology and Transitional Space. R. Malik, Culture and Emotions: Depression Among Pakistanis. E. Apfelbaum, The Impact of Culture in the Face of Genocide: Struggling Between a Silenced Home Culture and a Foreign Host Culture. V. Walkerdine,Conclusion. Notes on Contributors.