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The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
wiley   +1 more source

CONSANGUINITY AND LACK OF AWARENESS; STILL A WORRISOME DILEMMA AMID THALASSEMIC FAMILIES, A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

open access: yesJournal of University College of Medicine and Dentistry
OBJECTIVE: Thalassemia is a genetic condition caused by the mutation or damaging hemoglobin synthesis on the alpha or beta globin chain. The most significant risk factor for rise in the thalassemic rate is consanguinity.The current study was ...
Farhat Ijaz
doaj   +1 more source

Human quadrupedalism is not an epiphenomenon caused\ud by neurodevelopmental malformation and ataxia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Two cases with quadrupedal locomotion (QL) were presented. In both cases, cognitive and psychiatric functions were normal and, no neurological deficits were observed, except for a sequel paralysis of left leg in Case 2.
Tan, Prof. Dr. Uner
core  

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

A note on Roma mental health and the statement by Géza Jeszenszky [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The following note provides an overview of the debate centred on a 2005 course textbook which was written by Géza Jeszenszky for courses he taught at the Corvinus University of Budapest.
Nagy, Beáta   +2 more
core  

Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2025.
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
wiley   +1 more source

Consanguineous Marriage and Early Pregnancy Loss in Rural to Peri-Urban India. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Obstet Gynaecol India, 2022
Robertson JM   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mothers against the natural order: Gender representations and desertion of identities in the drama of disinheriting a son in eighteenth‐century Barcelona  

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
wiley   +1 more source

Role of Consanguineous Marriages in Mental Retardation; A Study in a Rural Population

open access: yesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2011
• Background: According to general statistics, almost 3% of children at school age are mental retard. Many risk factors, especially consanguineous marriages, may lead to these disorders.
Mansoor Salehi   +2 more
doaj  

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