Ethnology articles from March 2002

Ethnology archives from March 2002

The vitality of local political institutions in the Middle Atlas, Morocco.
March 22, 2002... In the Middle Atlas, Morocco, growing government bureaucracy has not undermined the informal village council and the legitimacy of local functionaries such as shaykh or muqaddam. Although official or elected bodies may formally have de facto...

Fast food and intergenerational commensality in Japan: new styles and old patterns (1).
March 22, 2002... The introduction of McDonald's and indigenous fast-food restaurants reflects changes in the Japanese diet, eating behaviors, and social patterns. But these changes are not the expression of urban anomie and social fragmentation often attributed...

Poetic dialogues: performance and politics in the Tuscan Contrasto.
March 22, 2002... Performance can represent politics in a way that empowers the audience, transforming the context from one only marginally political into one in which relevant political decisions may be taken. In the Contrasto, a Tuscan genre of verbal duel,...

Modern cows and exotic trees: identity, personhood, and exchange among the Iraqw of Tanzania (1).
March 22, 2002... This article examines forms of personhood and identity among the Iraqw of Tanzania. It explores how ideas of personhood have changed from the precolonial era to the present as the Iraqw have been incorporated into the wider regional, national,...

Confirming unilocal residence in native North America (1).
March 22, 2002... Some scientists have been reluctant to cite the coded entries of the Human Relations Area Files, especially concerning marriage and residence, because the codes are largely based on normative statements rather than empirical data. In this...