social relations

This thesis contributes to knowledge in the field of medical anthropology, particularly in Egypt and the Middle East, in two specific ways. First, the thesis demonstrates how a limited focus on kinship and micro social relations precludes a full understanding of the life experie…

African economies are plagued with economic and political uncertainties, which especially affect pastoral communities on the continent. The study of risk perception among pastoral populations is an important area of research, since these communities live in regions of extreme ec…

In this dissertation, I juxtapose the material culture of Palmyra, in Syria, with that created in Glanum, in southern France. I argue that differences in the adoption of Roman styles of art and architecture can be attributed to the social relations in each city rather than to qu…

This thesis investigates the relationship between morality and social relations in a rural Turkish society. Specifically, I reveal how the villagers of Sakli make use of the values of tradition, ancestral history, solidarity, reciprocity, harmony, unity, etc. as elements of a mo…

Conducted within a feminist framework and guided by the principles of grounded theory methodology, this dissertation reports on the findings of a study of women's rape perceptions, undertaken in Beirut, Lebanon. The study relied on 38 interviews, participant observation, and a r…