Anna Waldstein
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View article: Cleansing and Building in Rastafari Healing in London: Health Sovereignty for a Hostile Environment
Cleansing and Building in Rastafari Healing in London: Health Sovereignty for a Hostile Environment Open
Health sovereignty - the assertion of rights to culturally and ecologically appropriate medicines and the ability of communities to structure their own healthcare - is a biopolitical goal of the Rastafari movement. We examine how health so…
View article: Adam Stout, Glastonbury Holy Thorn: Story of a Legend
Adam Stout, Glastonbury Holy Thorn: Story of a Legend Open
Adam Stout, Glastonbury Holy Thorn: Story of a Legend(Glastonbury: Green and Pleasant Publishing, 2021), 156 pp., £12.99 (hbk), ISBN: 978-1916268609.
View article: Deportability and spirituality in a hostile environment: an intersubjective perspective
Deportability and spirituality in a hostile environment: an intersubjective perspective Open
The United Kingdom’s ‘hostile environment for immigrants’ is having distressing effects on people of African Caribbean heritage, especially those who have been threatened with deportation. While some research demonstrates a strong connecti…
View article: Food, Anthropology of
Food, Anthropology of Open
The anthropology of food addresses fundamental questions about humanity. Food has been instrumental in human evolution and the development of culture and society, yet the ways people classify food and distinguish it from medicinal, poisono…
View article: Living Well in Los Duplex: Critical Reflections on Medicalization, Migration and Health Sovereignty
Living Well in Los Duplex: Critical Reflections on Medicalization, Migration and Health Sovereignty Open
Thirty years of public health research in the United States suggests that Mexican migrants are healthier than most American citizens. This ethnography of “Los Duplex,” a Mexican migrant neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, shows that the healt…
View article: Studying the Body in Rastafari Rituals: Spirituality, Embodiment and Ethnographic Knowledge
Studying the Body in Rastafari Rituals: Spirituality, Embodiment and Ethnographic Knowledge Open
Rastafari spirituality is a nonsecular science that considers how various energies and powers influence socio-ecological systems. Rastafari people follow a number of spiritual prescriptions related to the body, including smoking, meditatin…