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Beyond Donors And Dollars: An Ethnographic Case Study Of International Aid And Its Agents In Mozambique, Carly Amanda Santoro Jan 2014

Beyond Donors And Dollars: An Ethnographic Case Study Of International Aid And Its Agents In Mozambique, Carly Amanda Santoro

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In Mozambique, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) work mainly in Mozambique's rural areas, with programs dedicated to the prevention of infectious diseases, education, access to food and clean water, gender equity, and many other concerns. Yet despite these efforts, Mozambican populations are critical of NGOs' missions and practices, and Mozambique remains one of the poorest countries in the world. To explore these issues concerning contradictions in aid in Mozambique, I employ the concept of cultural capital, which refers to cultural practices, perspectives, and beliefs in relation to one's ability to access symbolic and material goods. My thesis examines the degree to …

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Incest Taboos And Kinship: A Biological Or A Cultural Story?, Dwight W. Read Dec 2013

Incest Taboos And Kinship: A Biological Or A Cultural Story?, Dwight W. Read

Dwight W Read

In most, if not all, societies, incest taboos -- perhaps the most universal of cultural taboos --
include prohibitions on marriage between parent and child or between siblings. This
universality suggests a biological origin, yet the considerable variation across societies in
the full range of prohibited marriage relations implies a cultural origin. Correspondingly,
theories regarding the origin of incest taboos vary from those that focus on the biological
consequences were marriage-based procreation allowed to include inbred matings, to those
that focus on social consequences such as confounding social roles, especially within the
family, or restricting networks of interfamily alliances, were …

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