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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"anthropology of violence"”.
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IMPERILED FEMININITY:RECONFIGURING GENDER IN A CONTEXT OF HEIGHTENED VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
This dissertation clarifies the manner in which violence against women is implicated in the re-constitution of gender in Chihuahua. Using data collected with a mixed methods, multi-staged protocol, this dissertation investigates how the routine threat of gender violence and the common presence of …
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Whoever said a little 'dirt' doesn't hurt? : exploring tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
This paper considers the significance of Tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma and stigmatising acts in areas of Khayelitsha Township in Cape Town, South Africa. Data is drawn from three months of in-depth participant observation, interviews and support group sessions. Stigma is a moral process which …
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War and Grief, Faith and Healing in a Tamil Catholic Fishing Village in Northern Sri Lanka
… about tremendous suffering upon the lives of the Tamil civilian population in northern Sri Lanka. In May 2009, when the war ended, not a single civilian remained within the Vanni, the former rebel territory, as they had all been killed or displaced. More than one hundred thousand civilians …
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An ethnography of 'courage' among U.S. Marines
This is a theoretical and ethnographic study of conceptions of “courage” among combat infantry, specifically U.S. Marines. U.S. infantry combat soldiers conceive of the cultural value courage in its many manifestations and formulations. I maintain that courage manifests itself in both vocal signs, …