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From mammoth to miniature: ‘Model of a summer encampment of the Yakuts’ as a narrative object Du mammouth à la miniature : La maquette de camp d’été des Yakoutes comme objet de narration

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Classic anthropological accounts of miniature objects have focused on their spatial and aesthetic dimensions, with more recent work addressing their communicative potential, connections with play, and role in protecting threatened cultural knowledge. This article analyses responses to a miniature landscape model of yhyakh, a festival celebrated in the ...
Alison K. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Maintenant ou jamais: la verve des romancieres contemporaines italiennes

Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Literaris, 2014
El movimiento social y político “Se non ora quando” (Si no ahora, cuándo), que usa el título de un famoso trabajo de Primo Levi, ha reunido recientemente a miles de hombres y mujeres que han denunciado una triste realidad: Italia “no es un país para ...
Brigitte Poitrenaud-Lamesi
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Women's sense of their hak, divine justice, and economies of divorce in Istanbul Sens du hak des femmes, justice divine et économies du divorce à Istanbul

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Building on life story interviews with Muslim women – divorced and living in Istanbul – this article traces women's evocations of hak (haqq, , right) and other related terms in their narratives about financial arrangements during divorce proceedings. Mainly denoting right, justice, truth and due, the polysemic notion of hak encompasses a complex set of
Burcu Kalpaklıoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

Draining out the Colours: an Interview with Patrick McCabe [PDF]

Estudios Irlandeses, 2013
In this interview Patrick McCabe sheds some light on his sources of inspiration and creative process as he talks about the evolution of his hometown, the stage adaptation of The Butcher Boy, and some major influences, such as the Gothic tradition.
Mathias Lebargy
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Il potere come intercessione: i tentativi di tre donne nel processo per eresia a Fanino Fanini

Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Literaris, 2014
Fanino Fanini, panadero de Faenza en la primera mitad del siglo XVI, fue una de las célebres víctimas de la Inquisición romana; su caso marca una fecha crucial para la difusión de la Reforma en la Romagna estense.
Giunia Totaro
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Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
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Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
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WHEN CHARLES DICKENS ENTERS THE HOUSE OF FICTION: PETER CAREY’S JACK MAGGS AND JOSEPH O’CONNOR’S STAR OF THE SEA

Odisea, 2017
: Charles Dickens is probably THE Victorian novelist posterity remembers best, or at least the most, to the extent that he also occasionally appears as a character of fiction. Part of his private life is thus rewritten in Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs (1997)
Armelle Parey
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Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron, Florian Mühlfried, Hans Steinmüller   +2 more
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A Bibliometric Review of a Decade of Integrated Reporting Research*

Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding the current status and future directions of integrated reporting (IR) within today's voluntary reporting landscape is crucial for advancing accounting scholarship and practice. This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric review of IR research alongside content analysis to identify publication trends, research collaborations,
Ajanthan Alagathurai, Reza M. Monem, Shireenjit Johl, Shamsun Nahar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source