Social Anthropology: Recent submissions
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Emotional state, event-related impact and blame cognitions : a study of secondary victims of murder
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisPrevious studies have found a relationship between attributions of blame and traumatic events such as crime, illness, and accidents/disasters, albeit inconclusive as to the benefits or detriments of self- and other-blame ... -
The concept of the Outlook Tower in the work of Patrick Geddes
(University of St Andrews, 1987) - ThesisAs an academic, a scholar and a thinker Patrick Geddes worked in a wide and diverse range of intellectual fields. He was active in biology and botany, geography, sociology, what came to be called town planning, history and ... -
Humiliation : a theme in ecclesiastical folklore
(University of St Andrews, 1983) - ThesisThis work is an investigation into the background of a phemomenon found in the field of folklore, namely, public shame. In particular, the Spanish Inquisition provides the context for an enquiry into why a people accepted ... -
Quichua tales from Cañar, Ecuador
(University of St Andrews, 1979) - ThesisThe thesis comprises a classification and analysis of 64 tales told by Indian inhabitants of the rural communities around the highland town of Canar, Southern Central Ecuador, The informants all had Quichua as their mother ... -
Mimesis, mirror and mask : modern imaginaries of self and other
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThis dissertation set out to investigate the thesis that the Modern Western Self has "created" Self as a self-creating, creative category, and in denying all possibilities of originality to the Other, has "created" the ...