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Leave Olympia Alone: Reversing the Approach Toward the Parisian Salon Scandal of 1865
This study re-examines the socio-cultural scandal surrounding the exhibition of Manet’s Olympia in the Parisian Salon of 1865, byshifting the...
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The Beauty Culture and Perspective of North Korean Women
Regardless of time or place, the human instinct to pursue beauty has continued to change to fit the societal preferences of the day.
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Politics of (Im)mobility (or Everyday Practices Around a Coach Station)
This chapter provides for an incursion in a suburban area of Sarajevo which has been administratively divided by the Inter-Entity Boundary...
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Scales of Autonomy: The Body, the Domestic Space, the Digital Space
The chapter offers a micro-geographical and -political interpretation of “migrant autonomy in tension,” focusing on the micro-geographies of power...
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Fitting into a Secular Society: Hybrid Practices of the Islamic Public and Islamic Businesses in Astana
Based on the ethnography of mosques and halal cafes in Astana, this chapter argues that aspirations for modernity, urbanity, and civility can be...
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Restoring and Relinquishing Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: Fundamental but Fragile Gains
The U.S. led military intervention in Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks in the United States was a catalyst for restoring the rights of Afghan...
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Restaurant Backyards, Food Stores, and Temples: Invisibility, Informal Labour Practices, and Migrant Networks in the Suburbs of Warsaw
In the recent years, Poland has emerged as an attractive migration destination and has witnessed a substantial growth of the migrant population,...
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Foes, Friends or Both? Looking Beyond Hostility in Relations Between Congolese Migrants and South Africans in Empangeni
This chapter analysed the nature of dyadic (two-way) relations that exist between Congolese migrants and South Africans in Empangeni, a small town...
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Self-Sufficiency Policy and the Construction of New Americans in Arizona
This section describes the United States Refugee Admission Programs, “Refugee Reception and Placement Program (RRP)” and “the Matching Grant Program...
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Women, a Separate Experience?
In Palestine, from 1967 onwards, women have been a small minority in prison, most of the time isolated from communication channels between prisons...
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E-nformality: Smartphones as a New Regulatory Space for Informal Exchange of Formal Resources
Our paper looks at e-nformality as the bodily and spatial relationship between people and the state and various services changes, available online,...
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Exemplifying Muslim Mompreneurs in Indonesia
This chapter presents the case studies of Pamela Sunardi Syahuri and Nurhayati Subakat: two middle-class Muslim mompreneurs in Indonesia. It examines...
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Christian Humanism on the Individual and Human Dignity
This chapter examines two necessary elements of any humanism: the human person as individual, and the irreducible dignity of each person. It does so...
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Conclusion
Although delving mostly in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the conclusion makes more general claims regarding the enactment of everyday...
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Violence in the Workplace
The types of violence that occur in the workplace are described, ranging from harassment to mobbing, murder, and murder-suicide. Examples of the...
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Civic Values in the Films of Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský
In studies on the prospects for “civic culture and civilityCivility” in the post-Communist Czech democracy, psychologists and sociologists have...
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Archipelagos of Constraint: Arrival in Europe
The long journey of African migrant women does not end at the gates of Europe: Southern European receiving countries are “useful margins,” in both...
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Conditions for the Rise of Muslim Mompreneurs in Indonesia
This chapter investigates the conditions and enablers of success for women’s small businesses based on the study of the Indonesian context. It argues...
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Engendering international relations of Shanghai: the metaphor of cheongsam and the construction of post-Western identities
The paper reflects upon Shanghai’s incurrence of cheongsam as an identity strategy. It shows how self-romanticizing can be a convenient discourse for...
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It’s Not Goodbyes but See You Again: The Allures of Rwanda
The other side of Rwanda is captured in this chapter. Social life, teaching engagements, private visits, and personal interactions with the locals...