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Published: 09 February 2005
DOI: 10.1215/9780822386964-026
EISBN: 978-0-8223-8696-4
Published: 05 March 2014
DOI: 10.1215/9780822376538-003
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7653-8
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By Carl Elliott, Paul Johnston
Series: e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Published: 08 June 2001
DOI: 10.1215/9780822381266-009
EISBN: 978-0-8223-8126-6
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By Kathleen Woodward
Series: e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Published: 01 January 2009
DOI: 10.1215/9780822392316-004
EISBN: 978-0-8223-9231-6
Published: 21 April 2014
DOI: 10.1215/9780822376439-006
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7643-9
Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography
Published: 27 May 2016
DOI: 10.1215/9780822374398-005
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7439-8
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By Gerald M. Sider
Series: Narrating Native Histories
Published: 17 February 2014
DOI: 10.1215/9780822377368-008
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7736-8
Published: 12 August 2013
DOI: 10.1215/9780822377160-005
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7716-0
Published: 01 January 1990
DOI: 10.1215/9780822379751-002
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7975-1
Published: 20 February 2001
DOI: 10.1215/9780822380276-009
EISBN: 978-0-8223-8027-6
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By Monica Huerta
Series: Writing Matters!
Published: 28 June 2021
DOI: 10.1215/9781478021483-006
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2148-3
...Whether Wisdom ...
Series: Sinotheory
Published: 05 January 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478059066-003
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5906-6
... the chaos of China’s twentieth century, the narrator counts himself among those who admire death as an aspect of God’s sublime wisdom. By sharing his memories of death and desire under a regime where these topics are not always speakable, he hopes to move a little closer to freedom. death desire...
Published: 23 February 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478059318-014
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5931-8
... This chapter asks what might happen if Serres’s writing is considered not as “theory” but rather as an instance of the genre of “wisdom literature.” From that angle, Serres’s writing offers up a sometimes uncomfortable mirror to anthropologists. Conversely, a foray into some recent attempts...
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By Andreas Bandak, Daniel M. Knight
Published: 23 February 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5931-8
... comparison wisdom knowledge stoicism ...
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By Cui Zi’en, Petrus Liu, Lisa Rofel
Series: Sinotheory
Published: 05 January 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5906-6
... death desire childhood sublime wisdom Christianity ...
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By Andreas Bandak, Daniel M. Knight
Published: 23 February 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5931-8
...::content) as a creative driver of stand-up comedy. stand-up comedy humor myth paradox This chapter asks what might happen if Serres’s writing is considered not as “theory” but rather as an instance of the genre of “wisdom literature.” From that angle, Serres’s writing offers up a sometimes...
Published: 01 September 2023
DOI: 10.1215/9781478027188-002
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2718-8
... and wisdom that Cole has to offer a new generation of engaged Black feminist anthropologists in a time of increasing neoliberalization and corporatization of the academy. anthropology feminist activism academy museum ...
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By Lennard J. Davis
Published: 11 October 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478059974-006
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5997-4
... This chapter explores the biocultural myths about the poor. Most of the accepted wisdom about the biological, sociological, and cultural life of the poor is based on misinformation. Looking at race, drunkenness, sexuality, filthiness, physical size, and the like, the chapter debunks the most...
Published: 24 April 2015
DOI: 10.1215/9780822375586-009
EISBN: 978-0-8223-7558-6
... in elementary school, the special care she received as the baby of the family, her love of movies and dance, her parents’ wisdom about how to end a dispute between Rosemarie and a neighbor friend, and the suspicious drowning death of a cousin. Woodlawn neighborhood Chicago Illinois African American...
Published: 15 September 2023
DOI: 10.1215/9781478027416-001
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2741-6
... Assocation (UGMA) with such a purpose in mind. They sought inspiration in the wisdom of shared historical experiences, which ranged from traditional West and West Central African cultures, through the social bonding required to survive the depredations of slavery, to communal values developed during...