Review of: Napier, David A.: Foreign Bodies: Performance, Art, and Symbolic Anthropology by Bull, M

Review of: Josselin de Jong, P.E. De and Eric Schwimmer (eds.): Symbolic Anthropology in the Netherlands by Duff-Cooper, A

Simboli e processi di costruzione simbolica. La “Terra dei Fuochi” in Campania by Enzo V. Alliegro

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Simboli e processi di costruzione simbolica. La “Terra dei Fuochi” in Campania by Enzo V. Alliegro

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Spirit possession and cultural innovation: the case of two Japanese female religious leaders by Ordep J. Trindade-Serra Trindade-Serra

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Benlik ve kültür: namus kavramına simgesel-bilişsel bir yaklaşım by N. Serpil Altuntek

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Kültür ve zihin: Goodenough, Levi-Strauss ve Geertz by N. Serpil Altuntek

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Agama dalam tentukur antropologi simbolik Clifford Geertz by Yusri Mohamad Ramli

“…Clifford Geertz can be regarded as one of the most influential figures in religious studies, particularly in the field of anthropology. His unique symbolic anthropology approach had attracted researchers because of his emphasis on deductive reasoning in explaining the meaning of religion and in viewing cultural values that exist in religion. …”
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THE BUILDING OF SAND MOUNTAIN CEREMONY: SYMBOL OF RELIGIOUS CULTURE AT THE KHMER NEW YEAR IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM by Da Chanh Son

“…The article is based on the structural theory of symbolic anthropology (or interpretive anthropology) to study and decipher the meaning of sand mountains in Khmer culture. …”
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Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs by Brett T. Robinson by Fischer, Michael M. J.

“…Brett Robinson traces his method to the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies (p. 108) but it seems more akin to the University of Chicago’s symbolic interactionist marketing studies in the 1950s and to the symbolic anthropology of [End Page 291] the 1960s and 1970s (see Melissa Cefkin, ed., Ethnography and the Corporate Encounter, 2009).…”
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Confucian Ancestral Worship’s Legacies In Peninsular Malaysia by Chong, Siaw Chan

“…This study is conducted under a conceptual framework that consists of Geertz’s symbolic anthropology and Goodenough’s ethnoscience. Using this framework, this study employs in-depth interviews, fieldworks and questionnaire survey to gather data on Confucian ancestral worship. …”
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A Myth of Kinship? Reinterpreting Lakota Conceptualization of Kin Relationships vis-à-vis 19th and 20th Century Historical Narratives by Kellie Hogue

“…Drawing upon the theoretical perspectives of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Raymond DeMallie, and Emmanuel Désveaux, this paper combines a structuralist approach with symbolic anthropology in an attempt to reinterpret historical categorization of Lakota kinship through an examination of the relationship between the Lakota and a pervasive representative of the non-material world in Lakota life, the bird. …”
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A Humanities-Based Explanation for the Effects of Emotional Eating and Perceived Stress on Food Choice Motives during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Wan Shen, Lucy M. Long, Chia-Hao Shih, Mary-Jon Ludy

“…Findings were interpreted using theories and concepts from the humanities, specifically, folklore studies, ritual studies, and symbolic anthropology.…”
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Daltonico. Il colore tra riscrittura della realtà e cliché sociale by Andrea Mecacci

“… Inevitably associated with perceptual or image theories, thematized through its psychologization or through a symbolic-anthropological perspective, color has often been taken away from one of its possible stories. …”
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LIVING LAW AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: Weaving Skills as a Marriage Requirement in Sade, West Nusa Tenggara by Arif Sugitanata, Siti Aminah, Ahmad Muhasim

“…Inspired by Turner’s symbolic anthropological theory, this study shows that the enforcement of customary rules—the prohibition of marriage for girls who do not yet have weaving skills—is interpreted as a form of cultural preservation. …”
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