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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Anthropology of the body"”.
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Organs and bodies : the Jew's harp and the anthropology of musical instruments
The Jew’s harp is unique among instruments, and in its apparent simplicity it is deceptive. It has been adapted to a wide array of cultural contexts worldwide and a diverse range of playing techniques, which, upon closer examination, reveal much about the cultures that generate them. Drawing on …
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Quantum Regimes: Genealogies of Virtual Matter and Healing the New Age Body
<p>This dissertation makes sense of New Age healing practices and the spiritual currents undergirding the increasingly popular landscape of alternative healthcare. To do so, it argues, we must first determine its material ontology – the conception of materiality that shapes how New Agers understand …
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El muerto hace al santo. Estudio etnográfico sobre la santería y otros cultos de posesión en Bahía Honda (Artemisa, Cuba)
… diversas manifestaciones. No existe una religión oficial dominante e instaurada en las instituciones públicas como ocurre en sociedades como la española o la brasileña con el Catolicismo. La multiplicidad de planos en que se construye la religiosidad cubana forma una estructura fragmentada capaz …