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Anne E. Becker examines the cultural context of the embodied self through her ethnography of bodily aesthetics, food exchange, care, and social relationships in Fiji. She contrasts the cultivation of the body/self in Fijian and American society, arguing that the motivation of Americans to work on their bodies' shapes as a personal endeavor is permitted by their notion that the self is individuated and autonomous. On the other hand, because Fijians concern themselves with the cultivation of social relationships largely expressed through nurturing and food exchange, there is a vested interest in cultivating others' bodies rather than one's own.
Our planet is in the midst of climate change, mass species extinction, resource depletion, drought, pollution, and ocean oxygen depletion. We humans have caused some and accelerated all of these cataclysms. We must change the way we live and this change must be swift and exacting. The Endangered Earthlings' Handbook lays out the environmental issues facing our planet today and offers viable solutions for the average person, exhibiting a new social paradigm for the Gaia Generation.Endangered Earthlings, Inc. is a progressive environmental 501(c)3 organization committed to sustainable lifestyles that reduce our use of Earth's natural resources, by utilizing education, renewable natural materials, sustainable food sources, technology, and affordable living opportunities.
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A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today. Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics
Jacob M. Weik married Susannah Moir in 1783 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri.