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15/02/10
03:17:17, by Lorenz 
. Categories: culture traditions, Us and Them, Africa, gender, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, aboriginees, journal articles / papers Yes to female circumcision?
The problem with the representation of various forms of female circumcision as ‘mutilation’ is that the term, among other things, presupposes some irreversible and serious harm. This is not supported by current medical research on female circumcision. (s… more »
13/09/09
The increasing feminization of anthropology
Have you been in an anthropology class / course with more men then women? I haven't. In both Norway, Germany and Switzerland (pluss many other places incl South Africa, I heard), the gender balance between men and women is around 25-75. Eli Thorkelson, g… more »
23/08/09
19:49:02, by Lorenz . Categories: Latin- and Central America, gender, books, journal articles / papers, sports The Anthropology of Wrestling
How do you study wrestling as an anthropologist? By becoming a wrestler yourself! Heather Levi's book The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity is featured in the new issue of American Ethnography on Lucha libre - Mexi… more »
29/06/09
Thesis: Hijab empowers women
What is it like being veiled and working in Australian companies? Anthropologist Siham Ouazzif sent me her thesis "Veiled Muslim Women in Australian Public Space: How do Veiled Women Express their Presence and Interact in the Workplace?"
Siham Ouazz… more »
21/05/09
21:36:40, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Us and Them, gender, journal articles / papers Anthropology, islam and homosexuality
Anthropology student Lykke Bjørnøy sent me an article on homosexuality and islam that she wrote as part of her studies at the University of Cairo. She tries to understand why homosexuality often is demonized. Not only in Islam, but also in Christianity (… more »
14/05/09
Book review: How neoliberalism reshapes motherhood in Calcutta
How do middle-class women in Calcutta understand and experience economic change? What impact is globalization having on the new middle-classes in Asia? Our reviewer Tessa Valo has again been lucky with her choice of books. For antropologi.info, she revie… more »
27/11/08
03:16:54, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, Africa, development empowerment, gender, books, fieldwork / methods How electricity changes daily life in Zanzibar - Interview with anthropologist Tanja Winther
How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to people in a village in Zanzibar, East Africa, for the first time? Anthropologist Tanja Winther answers this question in her new book The Impact of Electricity. Development, Desires and D… more »
The anthropology of nudity: New issue of American Ethnography Quasimonthly
“Why are you, with your impeccable credentials, studying nude dancing?” “I am an anthropologist. Anthropologists study human behavior”, answered Judith Lynne Hanna when she did her field work on striptease clubs. Hoochy Coochy Dancing and Fantasy Love is… more »
02/11/08
Researched the sexual revolution in Iran
Girls wear makeup, go with their hair uncovered, drink, have boyfriends and premarital sex: For seven years, anthropologist Pardis Mahdavi has studied the sexual revolution in Iran, the Ventura Country Star reports.
Those actions could have brought ha… more »
22/08/08
Native American Tribe Allows Gay Marriage
Gay marriage is banned in Oregon and the most states in the U.S. But if you are gay and Native Indian you are lucky: The Coquille Indian Tribe on the southern Oregon coast recently adopted a law that recognizes same-sex marriage.
The law extends to g… more »
15/07/08
Study: Drug smuggling as vehicle for female empowerment?
An increasing number of women are becoming involved in Mexico's drug trade. Anthropologist Howard Campbell has conducted fieldwork among female smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border, The Dallas Morning News reports.
Dallas Morning News refers to Campb… more »
29/06/08
Thesis: How Indian women fight the stigma of divorce
Three weeks ago, anthropologist Siru Aura defended her doctoral dissertation Women and Marital Breakdown in South India: Reconstructing Homes, Bonds and Persons at the University of Helsinki. She has studied divorced, separated and deserted women from di… more »
"Prostitution is not sex for money"
(via CultureMatters) Prostitution is a fascinating topic and means different things in different parts of the world. In the American Sexuality Magazine, anthropologist Lisa Wynn writes about her difficulties to understand what Egyptians meant when they s… more »
08/04/08
Anthropologist: "Decriminalize prostitution! It's part of our culture"
After her fieldwork in a brothel in Mexico, anthropologist Patty Kelly is convinced: Legalizing and regulating prostitution has its problems. But criminalization is worse. It's time to decriminalize prostitution, she writes in The Los Angeles Times.… more »
14/01/08
02:45:47, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, gender, Northern America, media, cyberanthropology, internet Anthropological research: Online dating as disappointing as the real-life dating scene
Sounds familiar: People on online dating sites are experiencing frustration because it does seem that the internet in many ways is just the same old bar scene. This is one of the findings of research by anthropologist Susan E. Frohlick. She is conductin… more »
10/12/07
01:14:47, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, Us and Them, Africa, gender, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, anthropology (general) Circumcision: "Harmful practice claim has been exaggerated" - AAA meeting part IV
Is female circumcision violence against women or a feminist act? Are critics of this practice guilty of cultural imperialism? Those questions were debated at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting in Washington - among others by Africa… more »
27/11/07
01:37:29, by Lorenz . Categories: Africa, gender, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, journal articles / papers An anthropologist on sex, love and AIDS in a university campus in South Africa
"It has sometimes been difficult persuading the girls to do interviews about love and sex with a white, foreign male researcher", anthropologist Bjarke Oxlund says in an interview with OhMyNews. Oxlund traveled to South Africa in 2006 and 2007 to conduct… more »
30/09/07
12:53:48, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, gender, persons and theories, journal articles / papers, websites Sexual anthropologist explains how technology changes dating, love and relationships
Bella Ellwood-Clayton is sexual anthropologist. As we read in the Washington Post, Bella Ellwood-Clayton has studied texting and dating in the Philippines. On her website you can download the texts Desire and loathing in the cyber Philippines and Unfai… more »
08/02/07
A subculture of hefty, hirsute gay men is attracting the attention of academics
Richard A. Kaye, associate professor of English at Hunter College in New York, writes about a new and rather unknown research area - Bear studies.
- Oh, by the way, in addition to 19th century American literature, I work on bear studies, a candidate… more »
On African Island: Only women are allowed to propose marriage
"Now the world is upside down," complaines 90-year-old Cesar Okrane. "Men are running after women, instead of waiting for them to come to them." Christian missionaries challenge a unique tradition on Orango Island (Guinea-Bissau). Here it's women who cho… more »
17/12/06
Why the French Don't Like Headscarves
"Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State and Public Space" is the title of a new book by American anthropologist John R. Bowen. For nearly three years ago, the French government banned headscarves and similar clothing that indicates relig… more »
03/11/06
01:46:13, by Lorenz . Categories: gender, fieldwork / methods, youth, Middle East, Visual Anthropology Photography as research tool: More engaged Kurdish anthropology
Visual anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has published several new articles at KurdishMedia.com. It looks like he is about to publish a whole book there. It started four weeks ago with part one of Media consumption, conformity and resistance: A visual ethnog… more »
30/10/06
00:38:47, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, gender, Middle East Lila Abu-Lughod: It's time to give up the Western obsession with veiled Muslim women
(via Alexandre Enkerli at Disparate) "Excellent", a reader comments Lila Abu-Lughod's article: The Muslim woman. The power of images and the danger of pity and adds:
Why do Anthropologists so seldom speak up when it's more important than ever to under… more »
09/07/06
Where women rule the world and don't marry
She's a young women from the Lake Lugu is the southwestern part of China and tells us in an article in The Standard (Hongkong):
"Mother thinks I'm being disrespectful to our heritage by having a steady boyfriend. She thinks I ought to follow the old w… more »
26/03/06
21:17:58, by Lorenz . Categories: Asia, development empowerment, globalisation, gender, anthropology (general) Chronicles Women's Social Movements in India
The small groups of rural women in India fighting for change is something the rest of the world needs to take note of, says Mangala Subramaniam, an assistant professor of sociology and women's studies. Since the late 1990s, Subramaniam has studied social… more »
17/10/05
23:15:58, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Asia, gender, books, Northern America, anthropology (general), persons and theories, Caribbean Some new ethnographies (Book reviews)
The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology has published several new book reviews on its website:
Marc Augé: Oblivion
The French anthropologist breaks new ground introducing the theme of Oblivion (Les formes de l’oubli) – a challenging reflect… more »
29/09/05
From housewife to mousewive - Anthropological study on women and Internet
We've already heard of the TIF-woman (a new tech-savvy woman), now we read about "mousewives". A recent anthropological study (combined with nationwide polling) by Demos shows the traditional housewife has been transformed into a 'mousewife' as women d… more »
11/09/05
Secret rituals: Folklorist studied the military as an occupational folk group
The website of The Association of Feminist Anthropology is another place to look for anthropology books and ethnographies.
One of the books reviewed is written by folklorist Carol Burke "Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender… more »
28/08/05
"Dull anthropology" - Book review: A Society Without Husbands or Fathers
"Despite the fascinating content, the book is a methodical anthropological study, and thus heavy going at times. One longs to hear more Na voices, to read more stories of their ways", David Loftus writes in his review of the book A Society without Fathe… more »
26/08/05
Taking American Race Relations on the Road...to Africa / Rituals in Ghana / Men and Masculinities in Africa
The African Studies Quarterly is an Open Access Online Journal for African Studies.
In their recent issue there's an article by anthropologist Rebecca Gearhart on Taking American Race Relations on the Road...to Africa:
"As an anthropologist who… more »
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