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Status of women in an Āzarbāyjāni village (Iran) with special reference to carpet manufacture
(The University of Edinburgh, 1981)The thesis attempts to examine the general determinants of women's status in Doniq, a muslim village in North West Iran. The main theme of the study is the effect of development prog¬ rammes and work on women's social ... -
Public and private experiences : Chilean men and women from popular unity to exile
(The University of Edinburgh, 1982) -
Medical pragmatism : a study of sickness and healing among the Fūr
(The University of Edinburgh, 1983)The Fūr live at the heart of Africa, far from the sea and remote from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. They inhabit small mountain villages on their ancient stronghold, Jebel Marra, and others along the banks of seasonal ... -
Upholding the veil : Hindu women's perceptions of gender and caste identity in rural Pakistan.
(University of Edinburgh, 1984) -
Caste cultures and fertility in south Karnataka
(The University of Edinburgh, 1984) -
The single woman in Accra, Ghana
(The University of Edinburgh, 1985) -
The Aekyom : kinship, marriage and descent on the Upper Fly river, Papua New Guinea
(University of Edinburgh, 1986) -
The spatial organisation and socio-cultural basis of traditional courtyard houses.
(University of Edinburgh, 1986) -
Hard workers and big spenders facing the BRU : Understanding men's employment and consumption in a de-industrialized Scottish village.
(University of Edinburgh, 1987) -
Dwelling space in the Sudan : Official policies and traditional norms.
(University of Edinburgh, 1988) -
One or two sons: class, gender and fertility in North India
(The University of Edinburgh, 1988) -
Meat : a natural symbol
(The University of Edinburgh, 1990)In Britain, and in cultures around the world, meat's significance extends beyond what might be anticipated from its nutritional utility. By looking at the academic and popular literature, and through a series of ... -
High spirits and heteroglossia : forest festivals of the Nilgiri Irulas
(The University of Edinburgh, 1991) -
Place for our gods : the construction of a Hindu temple community in Edinburgh
(The University of Edinburgh, 1993) -
Spatial organisation of the villages of the P'eng-hu Archipelago, Taiwan, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
(The University of Edinburgh, 1993) -
Death and dying in a hospice: an ethnographic study
(The University of Edinburgh, 1994) -
Gone to deliver lions: birth and social change in a Tanzanian village
(The University of Edinburgh, 1995) -
Community based health care the NGO way: an anthropological study of a maternal-child health and family planning programme in rural Bangladesh
(The University of Edinburgh, 1995) -
Drug users in theraputic cul-de-sac
(The University of Edinburgh, 1995)