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Perspectives of stress and coping among older, college-educated African American women: a constructivist grounded theory study. [PDF]

Gerontologist
Coats JV, Sanders Thompson VL.
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Perceptions of Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease Among Community-Dwelling, Nondemented Older African Americans. [PDF]

Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord, 2019
Glover CM, CoCroft S, James BD, Barnes LL.   +3 more
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God Knows Best

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Arabic phrase Allāhu a‘lam—“God knows best”—is used frequently in everyday Muslim speech and to conclude seemingly assertive statements or fatwas. At its heart lies the recognition that God is the All‐Knowing, whereas humans know next to nothing. Reflecting on this recognition, this essay discusses Sufi refusals of the ethnographic project
Amira Mittermaier
wiley   +1 more source

Beautifully dangerous or dangerously beautiful: perceptions of southern African pythons (Python natalensis) in southern African rural and urban areas. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Kyle KJ, Downs CT.
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Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
wiley   +1 more source

Camel milk is a neglected source of brucellosis among rural Arab communities. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Holloway P, Gibson M, Holloway T, Pickett I, Crook B, Cardwell JM, Nash S, Musallam I, Al-Omari B, Al-Majali A, Hayajneh W, Abu-Basha E, Mangtani P, Guitian J.   +13 more
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Land, Gendered Labor, and Empire‐Making in Central Sudan

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers an analysis of Gulf‐Arab and more specifically Emirati empire‐making in central Sudan, by focusing ethnographic attention on an Emirati‐owned farm in the Gezira region as a key site of capitalist extraction and imperial ambition.
Nisrin Elamin
wiley   +1 more source

Themes of Liminality: Stories From Cancer Family Caregiver Narratives. [PDF]

ANS Adv Nurs Sci
Weiss CR, Johnson-Koenke R, Reed SM, Willis DG, Sousa KH.   +4 more
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When Humans Need Gods and Gods Need Humans: Prophetic Authority and Ritual Negotiation in Himachal Pradesh

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Himachal Pradesh, India, village deities act as political figures who play an active role in communal affairs, especially during periods of social change. Bakhan, an annual divination ritual in which these deities speak through human mediums, is a public event that offers forecasts and instructions. I argue that the bakhan is a social arena
Asaf Sharabi
wiley   +1 more source