tribal law. They can even expect a degree of government imprimatur when dealing with the crimes of dam (‘blood’ or homicide), ‘ird (‘honour’ or sexual crimes), and taqtiyya al-wajh (‘cutting the face’ or breaking truces). Some urban and immigrant
In Journal of Legal Anthropology
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- 01 Jan 2018
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- Research Articles
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- 49–71 (23 total)
Julienne Weegels
some problem [i.e. crime] will blow up in your face that you maybe didn't even commit, and then you'll be back in the Sistema again. … There, the others, the prisoners, will tell you “look, you see that you came back, and I told you that you shouldn
In The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
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- 01 Mar 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 52–69 (18 total)
'of all things a face appeared'
Reading Faces in Samuel Beckett's "That Time"
Joshua Powell
In his study of psychology in the 1930s, Samuel Beckett registered a number of ideas regarding the face. He took note of the Gestalt idea that the baby is born with the innate ability to distinguish the figure of a face from a blurry buzzing background. His interest was also piqued by the finding that one's perception of a facial expression might change depending on how much of the face is made visible. These ideas would influence his later work. Focusing on the short play That Time, this article looks at Beckett's dramatic presentation of a face alone in the dark. It compares Beckett's approach to face-reading with the study of the face that developed in twentieth-century experimental psychology. Beckett, I suggest, is working with the idea, common in experimental psychology, that facial expressions can be produced involuntarily and perceived effortlessly. However, he also draws attention to a more effortful mode of producing and perceiving faces. Finally, the article situates Beckett's portrayal of the face in relation to a modern culture that increasingly recognises – and celebrates – the face's unmanageability, but has not stopped attempting to manage the face.
In Critical Survey
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- 01 Mar 2015
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- Research Article
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- 85–104 (20 total)
Soraya Tremayne
This article examines the interface between modernity and traditional cultural values. It suggests that Iranian society, in spite of its Islamic theocratic regime, is on one level an open society and has shown a surprising degree of flexibility in adapting to change. Yet on another level, Iran remains a closed society with strong cultural ties that act as unifying factors controlling the boundaries of interaction between the old and the new. One of the manifestations of the deep-rooted values that determine the form and extent of the acceptance of modernity is the consideration of one’s ‘face’ in public. ‘Face’ acts as a regulating agent directing the choices people make vis-à-vis societal change. The article concludes that social interactions and decisions taken by individuals in all public aspects of their lives, regardless of class, age, ethnic origins or gender, continue to be profoundly influenced by ‘face’.
In Anthropology of the Middle East
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- 01 Mar 2006
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- Research Article
- Pages:
- 25–41 (17 total)
Baya Messaoudi
êtres qui ne sont pas de la même espèce ? Face à cette question, Sartre semble partir de sa théorie de la liberté qui est la ligne fondamentale qui traverse toute sa pensée et occupe une place centrale dans son œuvre. En plus, pour mener à bien cette
In Sartre Studies International
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- 01 Dec 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 39–52 (14 total)
Regenerating Life in the Face of Predation
A Study of Mortuary Ritual as Sacrifice among the Siberian Chukchi
Jeanette Lykkegård and Rane Willerslev
tannit , and needs to be avoided at all costs ( Willerslev 2009b ). The different beings of the cosmos compete fiercely with each other to promote the growth of their own kind with potentially devastating results for weaker life forms that may face
Daniel Dayan
This text transposes, in the form of an article, the main themes tackled by the director Ygal Bursztyn in his book Face, Battlefield (Tel Aviv, Hakibbutz Hameuhad, 1990). Daniel Dayan thanks the author and the translator Sonia Hadida for their collaboration on this adaptation, reproduced with the kind permission of the review Hermes.
In European Judaism
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2000
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 132–148 (17 total)
The Many Faces of the State
Living in Peace and Conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Nasir Uddin and Eva Gerharz
detail the analytical framework needed to capture the “many faces of the local state” by discussing how Bangladesh’s recent history has shaped present political conditions in the region. Methodologically, we tackle the social figuration by taking an in
In Conflict and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 208–226 (19 total)
The Janus face of austerity politics
Autonomy and dependence in contemporary Spain
Susana Narotzky
widely experienced breakdown of social reproduction in Ferrol and Spain, and the struggles to overcome it. The paradox of autonomy and dependence emerges as a Janus-faced conundrum in the everyday life of people. On the one hand, the neoliberal push
Khul‘ Divorce in Egypt
How Family Courts Are Providing a ‘Dialogue’ between Husband and Wife
Nadia Sonneveld
In the year 2000, Egyptian women were given the right to unilateral divorce through a procedure called khul'. Khul' became the source of much controversy in Egyptian society, and most judges interviewed by the author expressed a negative viewpoint when asked about it. Nevertheless, the introduction of the Family Court system in 2004, with the explicit aim of solving marital disputes through mediation and communication, has made possible a 'dialogue' between husband and wife in a khul' procedure. This applies even in situations where mediators and judges profess an unfavourable opinion of women who file for khul' divorce.
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2010
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 100–120 (21 total)