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Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
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This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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Consanguineous Marriages and Reproductive Behavior: A Study from Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra
Introduction: India has been subdivided in to two major regions with respect to a preference for or avoidance of consanguineous marriage. The deleterious health effects associated with consanguinity are caused by the expression of rare, recessive genes ...
Venkatramana K Sonkar +3 more
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[Consanguineous marriages and their effects on non-communicable diseases in the Moroccan population: a cross-sectional study]. [PDF]
Goundali KE +4 more
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Compare motor development of male and female children with consanguineous and in-law parents [PDF]
زمینه و هدف: مطالعات نشان داده اند ازدواج فامیلی می تواند احتمال بروز مشکلات متعددی در رشد حرکتی را موجب گردد. هدف این تحقیق مقایسه رشد حرکتی کودکان دختر و پسر با والدین نسبی و سببی بوده است. روش بررسی: در این مطالعه مقطعی، رشد حرکتی 15 کودک 4 و 5 ساله و
Bahrami, AliReza. +3 more
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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
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Role of Consanguineous Marriages in Mental Retardation; A Study in a Rural Population
• 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
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Consanguineous marriages, and the relationship between consanguineous
Consanguineous marriages are common in Turkey. The rates and types of consanguineous marriages, and their relationship to abortions and infant mortality were investigated in Acipayam, a rural area of Denizli, Turkey. 795 families were interviewed using a pre-designed questionnaire. The total prevalence of consanguineous marriages is 17.5%.
Keskin, N, Bozkurt, AI, Keskin, A
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A note on Roma mental health and the statement by Géza Jeszenszky [PDF]
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
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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
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