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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

The collision of feminisms, sexuality, and trafficking in persons in the Caribbean—A place for Kempadoo

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
wiley   +1 more source

Making care audible: Musical gifts and affective reciprocity in the clinic

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In clinical settings, music therapy is frequently received as a gift—a voluntary offering that invites but does not demand participation. Drawing on ethnographic research with music therapists and patients in Canadian and American hospitals, this article examines how clinical care is co‐constituted through practices of giving, receiving, and ...
Meredith Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Unprecedented Burning in Tropical Peatlands During the 20th Century Compared to the Previous Two Millennia. [PDF]

open access: yesGlob Chang Biol
Wang Y   +45 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Edible coatings in food: Specific materials and their impact on techno‐functional properties and sustainable applications

open access: yesFood Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract Edible coatings have emerged as a significant advancement in the food industry. This review explains the different materials, methods, and applications of edible coatings, with a special focus on the integration of nanotechnology and its contribution to the circular economy.
Shankar Senthilkumar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guideline for the electrospinning of food biomacromolecules

open access: yesFood Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract Electrospinning, an efficient method for producing micro‐ and nanoscale fibers, has undergone a notable resurgence in recent decades since its origin in the early 20th century, largely driven by advances in nanotechnology. Subsequently, it has been extensively applied across various disciplines, including materials science, biomedicine ...
Manjun Kang, Shengyang Ji, Yucheng Zou
wiley   +1 more source

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