Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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Heavenly and grotesque imageries (re)created in the carnival of Oruro, Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2003) - ThesisThe dissertation focuses on the creation of imageries in the Carnival of Oruro, in Central-Western Bolivia, where images from different sources are formed and transformed through the development of the festival over time. ... -
The creation of real food and real people : gender complementarity among the Menku of Central Brazil
(University of St Andrews, 2000) - ThesisThe thesis aims to provide a first ethnographic description of the Menkü of Central Brazil by focussing on their non-hierarchical gender-complementarity as it realises itself in relationships of production and reproduction. ... -
Leave us alone, we do not want your help. Let us live our lives : indigenous resistance and ethnogenesis in Nueva Vizcaya (colonial Mexico)
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - ThesisThis thesis looks at the people of Nueva Vizcaya’s history of resistance to incorporation into the state during the colonial age, and how this history is connected to the contemporary context in the Sierra Tarahumara. ... -
The sense of belonging and the migration trajectories of the members of the Latin American community in Edinburgh.
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - ThesisThis thesis is the outcome of my twelve-month ethnographic fieldwork among Latin Americans in Edinburgh. Using life story interviews, participant observation and online communication technologies, the research aims to ... -
Fathermen : predicaments in fatherhood, masculinity and the kinship lifecourse. Dominica, West Indies
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisFathermen is an ethnographic journey in the kinship lives of men on the island of Dominica, West Indies. It traces the various complexities, conundra and contradictions Dominican men encounter and create as they navigate ...