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Society beyond morality: mimesis, sovereignty, and being not‐human in the Nyau associations of Malawi La société par‐delà la moralité : mimèse, souveraineté et existence non humaine dans les sociétés Nyau du Malawi

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Nyau masked dancers embodying a variety of people, animals, and objects appear at many public events in Chewa areas of Malawi. Understood to be the physical manifestation of ancestral spirits, these entities are classified as ‘not human’ and transgress ordinary morality, mocking and threatening audiences.
Sam Farrell
wiley   +1 more source

Reviewing Evidence for the Impact of Lion Farming in South Africa on African Wild Lion Populations. [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel)
Green J   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
wiley   +1 more source

A Multimodal Approach to Treatment and Management of Rumination Syndrome in a California Sea Lion (<i>Zalophus californianus</i>). [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel)
Ramos AM   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
wiley   +1 more source

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