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Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
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Daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law in lowland rural Nepal: The balance of power and health outcomes. [PDF]
Marphatia AA +8 more
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This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
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Multi-stakeholder perspectives on gender-based violence in marital relationships: A qualitative study in rural India. [PDF]
Singh S +4 more
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For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
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Beyond Iron Supplementation: A Narrative Review of the Structural Determinants of Anaemia in Pregnancy in India. [PDF]
Sahoo S, Sarkar M, Jena P.
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Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
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Decision-Making About Abortion in an Abortion-Restricted Setting: A Qualitative Study of Young Women in Namibia. [PDF]
Mukerenge NF, Tjandja JM, Nakakuwa FN.
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Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
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Registration of family vital events in a conflict-induced displacement setting. [PDF]
Torrisi O +8 more
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