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Later life mobilities at the margins of urban geography
Short Abstract How do older people navigate African cities? This paper addresses that question through vernacular accounts of everyday mobility in Accra and Sekondi‐Takoradi, Ghana. By engaging with geographies of later life, it challenges the Southern urban critique to better reflect the plurality of marginality, and contributes to reimagining how ...
James Esson +5 more
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The Divine in the Clinic: Assisted Reproduction and Religious Practice in Ghana and South Africa. [PDF]
Whittaker A, Gerrits T, Manderson L.
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Creative Nonfiction: The Christian Dior woman
Abstract This work of creative nonfiction emerges from ethnographic research on Arab women's testimonies of their cancer experience conducted in 2016–2018. It focuses on the account of one Lebanese woman diagnosed with breast cancer and highlights her feelings, thoughts, and perceptions from the time of the initial medical examination through to final ...
Abir Hamdar
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Substance use, stigma, and coping in treatment: A qualitative study of participant perspectives. [PDF]
Carroll K +10 more
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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories
Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
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Transcultural Perspectives in Nursing: Understanding the Role of Healers and the Evil Eye in Modern Healthcare. [PDF]
Curcio F +6 more
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From Setback to Comeback’: A Phenomenological Study of GCE ‘O’ Level Exam Repeaters
ABSTRACT This study examines the lived experiences of Ghanaians who initially failed but later retook the GCE ‘O’ Level examinations, a pivotal educational milestone. Academic failure in Ghana is often stigmatized, with enduring implications for identity, self‐esteem, and family dynamics.
Sylvester Kyei‐Gyamfi +7 more
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