Arizona Anthropologist: Issue #11 (1994)http://hdl.handle.net/10150/1100402024-03-28T15:49:40Z2024-03-28T15:49:40ZArizona Anthropologist Number 11, Fall 1994http://hdl.handle.net/10150/1121552019-08-29T09:04:34Z1994-01-01T00:00:00ZArizona Anthropologist Number 11, Fall 1994
Front Matter, Table of Contents, for Arizona Anthropologist #11
1994-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Household Production of Health and Women's Work: New Directions in Medical Anthropology and Households ResearchOlson, K. Brookehttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/1121532020-04-02T09:37:40Z1994-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Household Production of Health and Women's Work: New Directions in Medical Anthropology and Households Research
Olson, K. Brooke
Recent discussions on the household production of health focus on how health and illness are produced in the household. New economic models of the household view it as a site where both production and consumption take place; neo-Marxist refinements have demonstrated that the household may also be characterized by conflicting interests, which often involve gender and age inequalities. This type of micro-level analysis is important in improving the understanding of health behaviors, which may then be used to increase the effectiveness of international health programs, many of which have been thus far criticized for their ineffectiveness. An analysis of women's roles towards this end is paramount as women are typically health managers in the domestic economy, a situation that is often noted, but on which research is scant. Recent studies have examined the impact of women's work, both inside and outside the home, on the production of household health. It is also essential to assess how resources (e.g., money, time, food, knowledge, health treatments, power) are distributed in the household and how this distribution may differentially affect the health of household members, especially women and children. Important topics which warrant further exploration in the household production of health literature include the impact of the domestic life-cycle, examination of the household production of health in female-headed households, and greater understanding of the role of men in household health, especially how it may inform international health policies.
1994-01-01T00:00:00Z"Chico Bento": Linguistic Marking and National Identity in Brazilian ComicsManthei, Jennifer J.http://hdl.handle.net/10150/1121312020-04-02T08:06:26Z1994-01-01T00:00:00Z"Chico Bento": Linguistic Marking and National Identity in Brazilian Comics
Manthei, Jennifer J.
The main character of the popular Brazilian comic book Chico Bento is a country boy whose speech is depicted in an eye dialect of caipira, a rural dialect centered in the interior of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, states in Southeastern Brazil. The author highlights Chico's speech in order to describe social difference and relations resulting from widespread rural-urban migration. This linguistic marking is essential to the location of caipira culture in Brazilian national identity. The caipira is portrayed as a source of nostalgia, representing a common, rural past, and as such serves as a resource for nation building; however, caipiras are also depicted as an obstacle to modernity in contemporary Brazilian society.
1994-01-01T00:00:00ZMaya Royal Ritual: Architectonics as a Key to Political OrganizationSmith, Adam T.http://hdl.handle.net/10150/1121302020-04-02T12:07:43Z1994-01-01T00:00:00ZMaya Royal Ritual: Architectonics as a Key to Political Organization
Smith, Adam T.
This study considers the spaces occupied by Maya royal rituals as a means of testing the application of models of political organization. Investigation of the architectonics of several temple pyramids at the sites of Copan, Tikal, and Seibal indicates that Maya political organization does not resemble that required by either the galactic polity or segmentary state models. Comparison with large Mesopotamian temples from Early Dynastic levels at Khafaje and al-'Ubaid suggests that the royal rituals of the Classic Maya are indicative of a city-state political organization.
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