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Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo, by Homa Hoodfar
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0f59n74g/
This is the full-text, electronic version of the book originally published in 1997. It is a richly detailed ethnography that provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, the author shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians and presents research that undermines many of the stereotypes associated with traditional Muslim women. The book is made available on the Web as part of the University of California Press's eScholarship Editions project.
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Dawodu Net
http://www.dawodu.net
This web site is dedicated to all the people of the Edo-delta (old Midwest) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and contains ongoing discussions of political issues in the area, full text articles and news resources, links to newspapers and links to many other pages on cultural groups in the area, such as the Yoruba, the Igbo and the Ijaw. The discussion links are broken down into the following: Contents, News, Comments, Search, Adverts, Governments, Links, Political Issues and Guosa Language. A section of the webpage is dedicated to Anthropology and is compiled by Nowamagbe Austin Omoigui, M.D., MPH, FACC. (http://www.dawodu.net/anthro.htm) It contains information on a colonial anthropological survey of Edo speaking peoples by Northcote Thomas around 1910. It gives information on physical features, language, villages, social organisation, demography, food, market, arts and crafts, religion and magic, witchcraft and secret societies, burial practices and law and order.
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Divine passions : the social construction of emotion in India, edited by Owen M. Lynch
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This is the full-text e-version of the book originally published in 1990. The contributors to the volume seek to present an alternative view of emotions as culturally constructed and morally evaluative concepts grounded in the bodily self and thus help to dispel some of the West's persistent misconceptions of Indian emotional experience. The conventional Indian images of naked holy men denying sexuality and feeling; elderly people basking in the warmth and security provided by devoted and attentive family members and fastidious priests concerned solely with rules of purity and minutiae of ritual practice are replaced by more colorful and emotionally alive pictures of India: ecstatic religious devotees rolling in temple dust; gray-haired elders worrying about neglect and mistreatment by family members; priests pursuing a lusty, carefree ideal of the good life; and jokers reviling one another with bawdy, sexual insults at marriages. More generally, the book as a whole argues for a new and different understanding of India based on field research and an understanding of the devotional (bhakti) tradition. The book is made available on the Web as part of the University of California Press's eScholarship Editions project.
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Ethnographic database project
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucsalfo/EDP/
The Ethnographic Database Project (EDP) is a web-based interface for the collection of comparative ethnographic data which can be used in cross-cultural analyses of human culture and behaviour. The EDP allows anthropologists to enter data from their field research in a standardised format. The project is in its early stages and is, at present, limited to data on a society's organisation, kinship and marriage practices, subsistence economy and pattern of sexual division of labour. There is also a focus on societies speaking Indo-European languages as these are felt to be underrepresented in existing ethnographic datasets. The web site gives background information about the project, a sample of the data collection form to be used and a contact form for anyone who wishes to become invloved.
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History and tradition in Melanesian anthropology, edited by James G. Carrier
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This is the full text of the book originally published in 1992. Melanesian societies, like village societies in many parts of the world, are frequently portrayed as existing in a timeless, traditional present. The seven essays in this book offer an alternative view, one showing that historical evidence can and must inform our understanding of contemporary cultures.This collection brings together anthropologists and historians who maintain that the "timeless-traditionalism" approach of anthropology is inadequate and argue that life in the societies of Melanesia cannot be understood without examining how these societies are shaped by Western influences. This historical perspective that acknowledges ongoing political, economic, and social change results in less stereotypical descriptions of these traditional cultures. The book is made available on the Web as part of the University of California Press's eScholarship Editions project.
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International Political Anthropology
http://www.ipa3.com/
IPA is a biannual interdisciplinary peer reviewed academic journal which seeks to link the study of contemporary politics with theories, methods and concepts associated with the comparative study of civilisations and other associated fields such as violence, symbolism and myth. The journal was launched in 2008 and each issue contains articles, discussion and book reviews. The site also supports a discussion forum, blog and conference listing. Free registration is required to access the full text articles.
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Structure and dynamics : ejournal of anthropological and related sciences
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Structure and Dynamics, a freely available e-journal first issued in 2005, publishes articles, book reviews, and special issues by scientists of any country that examine aspects of human evolution, social structure and behaviour, culture, cognition, or related topics. Its goal is to advance the historic mission of anthropology to describe and explain the range of variation in human biology, society, culture and civilization across time and space. The journal's web pages, which are hosted by the University of California's eScholarship Repository, give details of the editorial board and policy, copyright arrangements and submission guidelines in addition to access to the full text of the journal.
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