that both charts his own interest in the tangible or material ‘archives’ of Iraq and Syria and pointedly challenges the inconsistencies of militants who claim that idols cannot be represented—all the while participating in the art trade—as well as those
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future have spurred an increase in donations and offerings. 8 However, it has also paralleled an increase in cash income and consumption levels for many individuals and communities, driven largely by the trade in medicinal ‘caterpillar fungus
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Ann Grodzins Gold, Bhrigupati Singh, Farhana Ibrahim, Edward Simpson, and Kirin Narayan
postmodern. We believed that culture was more than a thing of shreds and patches ( Sahlins 1976 ; Schneider 1976 ). True, not a word about gender was breathed in any of my courses. Nevertheless, honestly, I would not trade my 1975–1984 Chicago education for