Death Ritual as Political Trickster in the People's Republic of China
In: The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, Volume 26, p. 67-97
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In: The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, Volume 26, p. 67-97
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 90, Issue Apr 91
ISSN: 0001-9909
Reviews the historical facts of Zimbabwean university governance since the colonial days of the 1950s. It appears that the state (or the party that controls the state) intends to deprive the University of all independent control over who it admits, what and how it teaches and examines them, and the standards of attainment to be applied. They contravene directly the World University Service's 1988 Lima Declaration. (SJK)
An introduction to the central concerns of social anthropology, presenting an alternative to standard texts. More concerned with the life-worlds of underdevelopment than the primitive or the exotic, it draws on material which evokes current problems of policy and administration in the Third World. The author raises questions of vital importance to contemporary investigation and analysis, and pointers to the future for anthropology
In: ASA monographs 36
In: Zambeziana, 18
This book describes a Zimbabwean factory nearly three years after independence. The factory which the author has chosen to call 'Zimtex' to conceal its real identity is, in some respects, unique. It is a large textile factory, employing over 500 workers, and has been quoted on the Zimbabwean Stock Exchange for over three decades. Yet it is situated in the countryside surrounded by commercial farmland, over twelve kilometres from the nearest town. In this respect it is not dissimilar to many mining enterprises in Zimbabwe
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In: Zambeziana, 16
Untersuchung über die sozio-ökonomischen und politischen Veränderungen der Bevölkerung von Msengezi, Chegutu District
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In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 90, Issue 359, p. 189-205
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 90, Issue 359, p. 189-206
ISSN: 0001-9909
Seit der Unabhängigkeit Simbabwes wurde sukzessive die Autonomie der 1952 gegründeten Universität untergraben. Die Autorin (Professorin der Universität) beschreibt detailliert die einzelnen Schritte und Folgen zunehmender politischer Einflußnahme. Mit der Analyse der politisch-motivierten Studentenproteste des vergangenen Jahrzehnts wird deutlich, daß der restriktive "University of Zimbabwe Amendment Act" (1990) den vulgarisierten Lebenswandel (Drogenhandel, -konsum, Diebstahl, Prostitution) nur zum Vorwand einer politischen Gängelung der Universität benutzt. Die Arbeit endet mit einer Solidarisierung von 380 Universitätslehrern mit der Studentenschaft. Die Reaktion der Regierung bleibt abzuwarten. (DÜI-Sth)
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In: American anthropologist: AA, Volume 82, Issue 1
ISSN: 1548-1433
In: African studies, Volume 33, Issue 3, p. 143-158
ISSN: 1469-2872
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 27, Issue 1, p. 217
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 19, Issue 4, p. 705
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 25, Issue 3, p. 546
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 27, Issue 4, p. 888
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 25, Issue 3, p. 549