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Ethical Dilemmas Of Research Among Sudanese In Egypt: Producing Knowledge About The Public And The Private, Anita Häusermann Fábos Jan 1999

Ethical Dilemmas Of Research Among Sudanese In Egypt: Producing Knowledge About The Public And The Private, Anita Häusermann Fábos

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Between Arab And French Agendas: Defining The Palestinian Diaspora And The Image Of The Other, Sari Hanafi Jan 1999

Between Arab And French Agendas: Defining The Palestinian Diaspora And The Image Of The Other, Sari Hanafi

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Egyptian-Israeli Relations: Reflecting Regional Fluidity, Iman A. Hamdy Jan 1999

Egyptian-Israeli Relations: Reflecting Regional Fluidity, Iman A. Hamdy

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The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.


Tanwir And Islamization: Rethinking The Struggle Over Intellectual Inclusion In Egypt, Mona Abaza Jan 1999

Tanwir And Islamization: Rethinking The Struggle Over Intellectual Inclusion In Egypt, Mona Abaza

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The fourth of four volumes, this volume covers contemporary political and social issues in Egypt. The contributors include: Mona Abaza, Nadje Sadeg al-Ali, Iman Hamdy, Noha el-Mikawy, Reem Saad.


[Introduction To] Conceiving Spirits: Birth Rituals And Contested Identities Among Lauje Of Indonesia, Jennifer W. Nourse Jan 1999

[Introduction To] Conceiving Spirits: Birth Rituals And Contested Identities Among Lauje Of Indonesia, Jennifer W. Nourse

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For most of the Lauje' of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, birth spirits are of primary importance. The spirits inhabit a mother's birth fluids and placenta, nurturing fetuses in the womb and children after birth---or bringing sickness and death if rituals are neglected.

Jennifer Nourse describes how Lauje' from both modernized coastal and isolated highland villages attribute to birth spirits competing meanings that hinge on an individual's gender, social class, and religion. At the beginning of her fieldwork, Nourse collaborated with two Lauje' men whose concepts of birth spirits as divided into good and bad, male and female, or local and foreign …


Francis Harper Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 1999

Francis Harper Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the professional and personal papers of Cornell-trained naturalist Dr. Francis Harper. Materials span 1904-1972 and include field notebooks, correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting the plant and animal life as well as human ecology of the Okefenokee Swamp area of South Georgia. The photographs within Series 1 show the flora, fauna, and people of the Okefenokee swamp. The photographs were taken by the Harpers while on their trips to the swamp. Photographs are all in black and white and range in size. The Field Journals chronicle his travels in the okefenokee, Canada, and New England. Materials …


Independent Republic Quarterly, 1999, Vol. 33, No. 2, Horry County Historical Society Jan 1999

Independent Republic Quarterly, 1999, Vol. 33, No. 2, Horry County Historical Society

The Independent Republic Quarterly

A journal of the Horry County Historical Society, Conway, S.C. Contains local history articles and information covering the entire county. ISSN:0046-8843.


Independent Republic Quarterly, 1999, Vol. 33, No. 1, Horry County Historical Society Jan 1999

Independent Republic Quarterly, 1999, Vol. 33, No. 1, Horry County Historical Society

The Independent Republic Quarterly

A journal of the Horry County Historical Society, Conway, S.C. Contains local history articles and information covering the entire county. ISSN:0046-8843.


Introduction: The Roman Army In Britain, Georgia L. Irby Jan 1999

Introduction: The Roman Army In Britain, Georgia L. Irby

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Excerpt from book chapter: "The Roman solider in Britain occupied his time in many ways. He bought barbarians. He built walls to delineate the borders of empire. He spend his evenings in the bas of the vici which inevitably cropped up around permanent forts or at the baths, gambling, or exercising, or gossiping..."