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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
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“From the Mind of David Simon”: A Case for the Showrunner Approach
Series. International journal of tv serial narratives, 2017 This article makes a case for the academic soundness of reading together several television shows by the same showrunner. Zeroing in on the case of David Simon, the essay traces the difficulties that one faces if one aims to view together The Corner, The
Mikkel Jensen
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
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The game chromatic number of trees and forests [PDF]
Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, 2015 While the game chromatic number of a forest is known to be at most 4, no simple criteria are known for determining the game chromatic number of a forest. We first state necessary and sufficient conditions for forests with game chromatic number 2 and then
Charles Dunn +4 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) manages Pakistan's biometric‐based national identity database, one of the largest identification systems of its kind in the world. This article examines bureaucratic practices used during identity registration to record ‘vital events’ in the lives of citizens: birth, marriage, divorce, and death.
Zehra Hashmi
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La Structure du Récit Autobiographique dans l’Œuvre de Simone de Beauvoir : Mémoires d’une Jeune Fille Rangée [PDF]
Recherches en Langue et Littérature Françaises, 2019 Simone de Beauvoir est l’un des écrivains philosophiques engagés sous l’influence de la pensée existentialiste du XXe siècle qui se découvre dès l’âge tendre une profonde passion pour la lecture et l’écriture.Son roman Les Mandarins remporte le prix ...
Maliheh Ziaie +2 more
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Études Britanniques Contemporaines, 2013 The First Person and Other Stories (2008), like many of Ali Smith’s titles, points to the whimsical quality of her writing. In her stories metatextual asides that dissolve the frontiers of fiction coexist with flickering pronouns in stories of ...
Michelle Ryan-Sautour
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses class construction amongst the urban Indian middle class, through a novel prism of romantic love, specifically performances of romantic love which in turn highlight anxieties of being middle class. The article explains how a performance of romantic love before marriage is used as a basis by the middle class to claim being global ...
Parul Bhandari
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Authors and auteurs: the uses of theory [PDF]
, 2007 No abstract ...
Caughie, J.M.
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Auteur-teoria 2011 : Auteur-teoria ja ohjaajan asema elokuvassa [PDF]
, 2011 Elokuva-alalla on paljon teorioita, erilaisia näkökulmia historiaan ja kritiikin eri lajeja. Auteur-teoria vahvistui uuden aallon aikana 1950-luvun lopulla, ja siitä muodostui yksi vallankumouksellisimmista teorioista, joka on vaikuttanut ...
Korhonen, Minna
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