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Nomos aversion and the art of being somewhat governed among Jewish outpost settlers in the West Bank

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract Since the mid‐1990s, in clandestine co‐operation with state agencies, West Bank settlers have been establishing what have become known as the illegal outpost settlements. These are typically rustic communities located deep inside the frontier.
Amir Reicher
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What does it mean to ‘live well’? The contentious politics of vivir bien as alternative development

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract Vivir bien is widely used by academics, activists, and governments of the Latin American ‘Pink Tide’ to refer to alternatives to conventional economic development based on indigenous worldviews claimed to oppose capitalist modernity. Through ethnography of local politics within a Bolivian Quechua community, this article explores how the term ...
Matthew Doyle
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Women who pay their own brideprice: reimagining provider masculinity through Uganda's thriving wedding industry

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract In Uganda, the ‘traditional’ wedding, wherein a groom brings money and gifts to his father‐in‐law's home, has long been understood as the ultimate demonstration of a man's social maturity. Yet masculine adulthood is becoming increasingly elusive as weddings become more difficult to afford.
Erin V. Moore, Nanna Schneidermann
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Bloodwork: Circulatory Disorders, Immunity, and the Scarring of Systems

open access: yesAnthropology of Work Review, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 106-116, Winter 2022., 2022
Abstract In June 2021, laboratory analysis of my blood indicated dangerously low levels of iron. This article chronicles my subsequent diagnosis of uterine fibroids, the hysterectomy that followed, and the scarring that came afterward. In doing so, the article tells the story of how blood circulates—or not—through biosocial systems.
Emily Yates‐Doerr
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TECHNOLOGY OF MODERN TIMES AS A SOURCE OF THE “LEXICON OF COMMON FIGURATIVE UNITS”

open access: yesProverbium, 2011
The topic of this paper is widespread idioms (WIs) originating from the domain ‘modern technology’. These idioms are only a small part of the entire “Lexicon of Common Figurative Units” (i.e.
Elisabeth Piirainen
doaj  

‘Evangelical Gitanos are a good catch’: masculinity, churches, and roneos★

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article explores Christian principles, imagery, and ideas shaping the (re)making of masculine ideals, behaviour, and identities among Pentecostal Gitanos in Spain. Scholarship on Pentecostal masculinities emphasizes that in cultural settings dominated by ‘macho’ and other chauvinistic principles, men find it challenging to comply with Pentecostal ...
Antonio Montañés Jiménez
wiley   +1 more source

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