Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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Self-esteem, dreams & indignation : lessons from an emerging middle-class private high school in Northeast Brazil
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis provides an ethnography of the final year at an emerging middle-class private high school in the Northeast of Brazil. It draws on 15 months of fieldwork, including participant observation in the classroom wherein ... -
Perceiving and participating in cultural heritage : an ethnography about the process of preservation of Ouro Preto, Brazil
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis discusses the promises and pitfalls of city preservation in Ouro Preto, a Brazilian city preserved nationally and hailed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Using interviews, archival material, ethnographic ... -
The path to ethnogenesis and autonomy : Kallawaya-consciousness in plurinational Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis examines the construction of ethnic identity, autonomy and indigenous citizenship in plurinational Bolivia. In 2009, the Kallawayas, an Andean indigenous nation, took advantage of legislation in Bolivia’s new ... -
The infliction of descent : an overview of the Capanahua descendants’ explanations of the generative process
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis traces the ways of explaining the generative process by the eastern Peruvian descendants of the Capanahua. These predominately Spanish-speaking people tend to emphasize the discontinuity with their ancestors, ... -
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 ...