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Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

The integration and identity of the Romanian community in Florence in the context of life in the diaspora. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Chasciar DR, Chasciar V, Coman C, Toderici OF, Iotu C, Otovescu A, Shields R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Feminist 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 influence of the value of children on the fertility intentions of people of childbearing age in China. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Fang J, Liu L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Key soil health indicators under humid grazing lands

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Soil health can be described using a few key soil health indicators that target a diversity of soil functions. This perspective article highlights how forage management affects these soil health indicators in humid‐zone grazing lands. Abstract Background Soil health describes critical soil functions influenced by land management. Although some key soil
Alan J. Franzluebbers
wiley   +1 more source

Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible. [PDF]

PLoS Biol
Larigauderie A, O'Brien K, Garibaldi LA, Agrawal A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Developing a Typology of Korean Women Leaders' Resistance to Their Token Status in the Workplace

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite remarkable economic development in South Korea (Korea), there are only a few women leaders, and they face challenges in the gendered workplace where organizational constraints and traditional values coexist. In a reanalysis of narratives of Korean women leaders (KWLs), using an ideal‐type analysis as a novel qualitative research method,
Yonjoo Cho, Jiwon Park, Sumi Lee, Jieun You, Sokyum Yoon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of life stress on the public participation of rural youth in China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Liu J, Zhang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Important Is Pay and What Are the Effects (Positive and Negative) of Pay for Performance?: Evaluating Claims and Evidence

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Compensation plays a pivotal role in shaping employee behavior, motivation, and well‐being. Although extant research has explored various dimensions of compensation, questions about how important pay is to employees and concerns (on the part of employers and/or employees) about the unintended negative (in addition to intended positive ...
Barry Gerhart, Ji Hyun Kim, Shan He
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling Responsibility: Perspectives on Dementia Prevention From Stakeholders in Canada, Germany and Switzerland. [PDF]

Sociol Health Illn
Petersen N, Andreoletti M, Blasimme A, Lazzaroni C, Leibing A, Schicktanz S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source