Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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Paranormal tourism in Edinburgh : storytelling, appropriating ghost culture and presenting an uncanny heritage
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - ThesisThe paranormal industry in Edinburgh has become a thriving niche within the country’s tourist market. While ghost walks have been explored in anthropology from the perspective of spectacle, this thesis investigates and ... -
Working towards “a production of well-being” : an ethnography on craftsmanship among the Lulesámi in Norway
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic study of craftsmanship among the Lulesámi in Northern Norway. The study, which is based on an apprentice-style methodology, focuses in particular on the role and significance of making and ... -
Modes of association and differentiation in Mauritius : an account of identity in a situation of socio-cultural heterogeneity
(University of St Andrews, 1999) - ThesisThis Thesis details the anthropological investigation of socio-cultural heterogeneity in Mauritius, a small island republic in the Indian Ocean. I introduce the island, its population, climate and other salient features ... -
Las condenadas : an ethnography of sexuality and violence in Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2014-12-18) - ThesisThis is an ethnographic study of discourses and experiences concerning sexual exchanges among kin “who are too closely related to marry each other” (OED), or what in lay language is called “incest”. I investigate the ... -
Construction and representation of identities in football museums: a comparative study
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - ThesisThis thesis aims at providing a cross-cultural study of how football museums represent and construct identities, both collective and personal. The research is based on a multi-sited ethnography at selected football museums ...