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An Island of One’s Own: Home and Self-Fulfilment in Madeline Miller’s Circe

Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
Circe is renowned for her profound knowledge of sorcery as a minor goddess in Greek mythology. Her depictions and representations are numerous in literature, painting, music, and popular culture, ranging from Homer’s classical masterpiece The Odyssey to ...
Pelin Kut Belenli
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A Report on Sickle Cell in Sierra Leone [PDF]

, 2019
Sierra Leone is thought to be one of the West African countries most affected by sickle cell disorders. Estimates state that one in four people carry the gene for sickle cell and between 1 to 2% of births are of children with the condition. Despite this,
Berghs, Maria, Dyson, Simon, Fadlu-Deen, Gbrilla, Gabba, Amelia Eva, Nyandemo, Sia Evelyn, Tregson-Roberts, George   +5 more
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Evil, child abuse and the caring professions [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of this paper is to explore the ways in which the concept of evil has been invoked in relation to child abuse. First, the scene is set by juxtaposing professional discourses which have eschewed the concept of evil and public opinion which is ...
Humphrey, Caroline
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One‐Sidedness and the Inferior Function in Coriolanus and Timon of Athens

Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract For both Jung and Shakespeare, one‐sidedness is the fundamental tragic trait. Jung proposed that as an individual develops, they inevitably associate their identity with certain modes of perception and interaction, and that this leads to psychological polarization.
Sofie Qwarnström
wiley   +1 more source

La (re)connaissance des voies négociées

Droit et Cultures, 2008
The article brings forward two cases in French juvenile courts: they involve two minors from Sub-Sahara Africa origin who have been accused of witchcraft. It analyses the law as a tool focusing on cultural differences.
Jackie B. Loteteka-Kalala
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Provider-initiated testing and counselling programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of their operational implementation. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: The routine offer of an HIV test during patient-provider encounters is gaining momentum within HIV treatment and prevention programmes. This review examined the operational implementation of provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC ...
Ferguson, Laura, Kahawita, Tanya M, Ross, David A, Roura, Maria, Watson-Jones, Deborah   +4 more
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How to Fish With Respect: A Transformation of Human‐Fish Relations in Riverside Amazonia

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riverside inhabitants of the Middle Xingu River Basin, in the Brazilian Amazonia, frequently say that it is important to respect animals and the forest spirits who protect them. In recent decades, however, the development of an iced fish industry in the region has changed what respect means and how it is expressed when it comes to fishing ...
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie
wiley   +1 more source

Face-to-face: Social work and evil [PDF]

, 2014
The concept of evil continues to feature in public discourses and has been reinvigorated in some academic disciplines and caring professions. This article navigates social workers through the controversy surrounding evil so that they are better equipped ...
A. G. Miller, Adams G. B., Alexander J. C., Baker J., Baumeister R. F., Blackstock C., Caroline Humphrey, Clifford D., Daniels M., Goldberg C., Holloway M., Hugman R., La Fontaine J. S., M. P. Lara, Manchester Safeguarding Children Board, Means J. J., Moe-Lobeda C. D., Parkin D., Vardy P., Wieviorka M., Zimbardo P. G.   +20 more
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Devouring the Invaders: The Racial‐Ecological Politics of the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines entanglements of ecology, race, and foodways at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Nonnative Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), first introduced to Kenya in the 1960s, were once viewed as invasive but are now sought after as a delicacy among Kenya's Chinese community.
Amanda Kaminsky
wiley   +1 more source

The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source