Social Anthropology: Recent submissions
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The meanings of sobreparto : postpartum illness and embodiment of emotions among Andean migrants in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis concerns a postpartum condition known as sobreparto among female Andean migrants in the lowland city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. While sobreparto is a traditionally Andean illness, its occurrence in ... -
The capacities of anyone : accommodating the universal human subject as value and in space
(Berghahn, 2014-03) - Book item -
Anthropology in the vernacular : an ethnography of doing knowledge on Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis absorbs and reflects on Choiseul Island responses and caution towards the making of anthropological knowledge. Initial interests that can easily become familiar to anthropology as research topics such as village ... -
In the name of the tourist : landscape, heritage, and social change in Chinchero
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines social change in the Quechua-speaking town of Chinchero (Peru), located 30 km away from the city of Cuzco. It does so by studying the conditions created by touristic development in the Region. It is ... -
"¡Yo soy Aymara, yo soy calle!" : a study of young people re-imagining indigeneity and resisting marginalisation in El Alto, Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisThis thesis explores the new self-narratives which are currently being created by young alteños with experience of living and/or working on the streets. These young people are projecting their visions for the future and ...