Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Las condenadas : an ethnography of sexuality and violence in Bolivia 

      Borda Niño, Adriana Carolina (University of St Andrews, 2014-12-18) - Thesis
      This 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 

      Yang, Jing (University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - Thesis
      This 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 ...

    • Renaissance of the lost Leco : ethnohistory of the Bolivian foothills from Apolobamba to Larecaja 

      Ferrié, Francis (University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - Thesis
      The Leco from North of La Paz were considered to have disappeared by the end of the 20th century; however in 1997, two groups of Leco re-emerged independently from each other, one in Larecaja and one in Apolo. In the former ...

    • Through a looking glass : reflected experience in São Tomé and Principé 

      McWhinnie, Alexander (University of St Andrews, 2013-11-30) - Thesis
      The thesis sets out to examine how significant experience is sought, recognised and communicated in São Tomé and Principé. It notes the outcomes that are frequently searched for and describes the 'location' of significant ...

    • The social lives of UK fashion blogs 

      Eldred, Susan A (University of St Andrews, 2013-11-30) - Thesis
      This thesis is the result of twenty-five months of ethnographic fieldwork, both online and offline, in the United Kingdom working with London-based fashion bloggers. It aims to examine the ways that bloggers negotiate ...