Tami Blumenfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 166968 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tami Blumenfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tami |
| FAMILY NAME | Blumenfield |
| SIGNATURE | BLUMENFIELD T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5833-0123 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Nutrition and Handgrip Strength Among Adults in Rural Matlab, Bangladesh
OBJECTIVE: Handgrip strength (HGS) provides a dynamic indicator of overall strength and physical fitness. Population-based investigations of anemia and iron deficiency as predictors of HGS are limited; most studies rely on elderly and/or clinical samples. We assessed iron deficiency, anemia, body mass index (BMI), and body fat percentage as predictors of HGS among a representative cross-sectional sample of adult residents of Matlab, Bangladesh. M…
Inverse Association Between Betel Quid Use and Diabetes in Rural Bangladesh
These models support the hypothesis that betel quid use could decrease, rather than increase, risk for diabetes in the Bangladeshi context, particularly among men (who have more frequent betel quid use than women). Heterogeneity in betel quid preparation across settings, multifactorial effects of betel quid use, and publication bias may contribute to differences between these findings and other observational studies
Betel quid use is associated with anemia among both men and women in Matlab, Bangladesh
Anemia accounts for 8.8% of total disability burden worldwide. Betel quid use among pregnant women has been found to increase anemia risk. Betel quid is prepared by wrapping the betel (or areca) nut, with spices and other additions, in betel or tobacco leaf and it is chewed or placed in the mouth. We explored the association between betel quid use and anemia among men and non-pregnant women. We collected data from a random sample of women and the…
Market integration, income inequality, and kinship system among the Mosuo of China
Increased access to defensible material wealth is hypothesised to escalate inequality. Market integration, which creates novel opportunities in cash economies, provides a means of testing this hypothesis. Using demographic data collected from 505 households among the matrilineal and patrilineal Mosuo in 2017, we test whether market integration is associated with increased material wealth, whether increased material wealth is associated with wealt…
Hierarchy, Resentment, and Pride
How do non-Han populations in China navigate the paradoxical expectations to become “proper” Chinese citizens, like the majority Han, while retaining pride in cultural practices and traditions that mark their differences? This article examines how Mosuo (otherwise known as Na) people in Southwest China have constructed the moral legitimacy of their ethnic traditions and identity through redirecting the Orientalizing gaze toward their Yi neighbors…
Context Specificity of "Market Integration" among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China
Market integration (MI) is a complex process through which individuals integrate market-oriented activities into previously subsistence-dominated lifeways. Changes associated with MI alter the landscapes of individual health and reproductive decision-making. While the consequences of MI are often easily detected in aggregate, the specific aspects of MI that affect health and demography are context dependent and underinvestigated. We argue that an…
Labor migration is associated with lower rates of underweight and higher rates of obesity among left-behind wives in rural Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Among Bangladeshi men, international labor migration has increased ten-fold since 1990 and rural to urban labor migration rates have steadily increased. Labor migration of husbands has increased household wealth and redefined women's roles, which have both positively and negatively impacted the health of wives "left behind". We examined the direct and indirect effects of husband labor migration on chronic disease indicators and outcom…
Gender Differences in Social Networks Based on Prevailing Kinship Norms in the Mosuo of China
Although cooperative social networks are considered key to human evolution, emphasis has usually been placed on the functions of men's cooperative networks. What do women's networks look like? Do they differ from men's networks and what does this suggest about evolutionarily inherited gender differences in reproductive and social strategies? In this paper, we test the 'universal gender differences' hypothesis positing gender-specific network stru…
High‐altitude adaptations mitigate risk for hypertension and diabetes‐associated anemia
BACKGROUND: Human populations native to high altitude exhibit numerous genetic adaptations to hypobaric hypoxia. Among Tibetan plateau peoples, these include increased vasodilation and uncoupling of erythropoiesis from hypoxia. OBJECTIVE/METHODS: We tested the hypothesis that these high-altitude adaptations reduce risk for hypertension and diabetes-associated anemia among the Mosuo, a Tibetan-descended population in the mountains of Southwest Chi…
Patterns of paternal investment predict cross-cultural variation in jealous response
The Mosuo Sisters
Resilience in Mountainous Southwest China
Blumenfield Tami. Resilience in Mountainous Southwest China: Adopting a Socio-Ecological Approach to Community Change. In: Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 23, 2014. Des mondes en devenir. Interethnicité et production de la différence en Chine du Sud-Ouest. pp. 281-300
Paternal Investment and the Positive Effects of Fathers among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China
The matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China have been described as the only human society that lacks fathers and husbands. These claims are based on ethnographic descriptions of normative practices and have typically not employed rigorous tests of quantitative behavioral or demographic data to verify actual practices. Here we challenge these claims, providing quantitative evidence of paternal investment among contemporary Mosuo fathers. We show that…
Cultural Heritage Politics in China
Caizhen Lu. Poverty and Development in China
Anthropologists in Motion
Commentary
Paternal Investment and the Positive Effects of Fathers among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China
The matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China have been described as the only human society that lacks fathers and husbands. These claims are based on ethnographic descriptions of normative practices and have typically not employed rigorous tests of quantitative behavioral or demographic data to verify actual practices. Here we challenge these claims, providing quantitative evidence of paternal investment among contemporary Mosuo fathers. We show that…
Context Specificity of "Market Integration" among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China
Market integration (MI) is a complex process through which individuals integrate market-oriented activities into previously subsistence-dominated lifeways. Changes associated with MI alter the landscapes of individual health and reproductive decision-making. While the consequences of MI are often easily detected in aggregate, the specific aspects of MI that affect health and demography are context dependent and underinvestigated. We argue that an…
Patterns of paternal investment predict cross-cultural variation in jealous response
Market integration, income inequality, and kinship system among the Mosuo of China
Increased access to defensible material wealth is hypothesised to escalate inequality. Market integration, which creates novel opportunities in cash economies, provides a means of testing this hypothesis. Using demographic data collected from 505 households among the matrilineal and patrilineal Mosuo in 2017, we test whether market integration is associated with increased material wealth, whether increased material wealth is associated with wealt…
Gender Differences in Social Networks Based on Prevailing Kinship Norms in the Mosuo of China
Although cooperative social networks are considered key to human evolution, emphasis has usually been placed on the functions of men's cooperative networks. What do women's networks look like? Do they differ from men's networks and what does this suggest about evolutionarily inherited gender differences in reproductive and social strategies? In this paper, we test the 'universal gender differences' hypothesis positing gender-specific network stru…
Hierarchy, Resentment, and Pride
How do non-Han populations in China navigate the paradoxical expectations to become “proper” Chinese citizens, like the majority Han, while retaining pride in cultural practices and traditions that mark their differences? This article examines how Mosuo (otherwise known as Na) people in Southwest China have constructed the moral legitimacy of their ethnic traditions and identity through redirecting the Orientalizing gaze toward their Yi neighbors…
High‐altitude adaptations mitigate risk for hypertension and diabetes‐associated anemia
BACKGROUND: Human populations native to high altitude exhibit numerous genetic adaptations to hypobaric hypoxia. Among Tibetan plateau peoples, these include increased vasodilation and uncoupling of erythropoiesis from hypoxia. OBJECTIVE/METHODS: We tested the hypothesis that these high-altitude adaptations reduce risk for hypertension and diabetes-associated anemia among the Mosuo, a Tibetan-descended population in the mountains of Southwest Chi…
Commentary
Anthropologists in Motion
Cultural Heritage Politics in China
Caizhen Lu. Poverty and Development in China
Resilience in Mountainous Southwest China
Blumenfield Tami. Resilience in Mountainous Southwest China: Adopting a Socio-Ecological Approach to Community Change. In: Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 23, 2014. Des mondes en devenir. Interethnicité et production de la différence en Chine du Sud-Ouest. pp. 281-300
Paternal Investment and the Positive Effects of Fathers among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China
The matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China have been described as the only human society that lacks fathers and husbands. These claims are based on ethnographic descriptions of normative practices and have typically not employed rigorous tests of quantitative behavioral or demographic data to verify actual practices. Here we challenge these claims, providing quantitative evidence of paternal investment among contemporary Mosuo fathers. We show that…
The Mosuo Sisters
Patterns of paternal investment predict cross-cultural variation in jealous response
High‐altitude adaptations mitigate risk for hypertension and diabetes‐associated anemia
BACKGROUND: Human populations native to high altitude exhibit numerous genetic adaptations to hypobaric hypoxia. Among Tibetan plateau peoples, these include increased vasodilation and uncoupling of erythropoiesis from hypoxia. OBJECTIVE/METHODS: We tested the hypothesis that these high-altitude adaptations reduce risk for hypertension and diabetes-associated anemia among the Mosuo, a Tibetan-descended population in the mountains of Southwest Chi…
Labor migration is associated with lower rates of underweight and higher rates of obesity among left-behind wives in rural Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Among Bangladeshi men, international labor migration has increased ten-fold since 1990 and rural to urban labor migration rates have steadily increased. Labor migration of husbands has increased household wealth and redefined women's roles, which have both positively and negatively impacted the health of wives "left behind". We examined the direct and indirect effects of husband labor migration on chronic disease indicators and outcom…
Gender Differences in Social Networks Based on Prevailing Kinship Norms in the Mosuo of China
Although cooperative social networks are considered key to human evolution, emphasis has usually been placed on the functions of men's cooperative networks. What do women's networks look like? Do they differ from men's networks and what does this suggest about evolutionarily inherited gender differences in reproductive and social strategies? In this paper, we test the 'universal gender differences' hypothesis positing gender-specific network stru…
Market integration, income inequality, and kinship system among the Mosuo of China
Increased access to defensible material wealth is hypothesised to escalate inequality. Market integration, which creates novel opportunities in cash economies, provides a means of testing this hypothesis. Using demographic data collected from 505 households among the matrilineal and patrilineal Mosuo in 2017, we test whether market integration is associated with increased material wealth, whether increased material wealth is associated with wealt…
Hierarchy, Resentment, and Pride
How do non-Han populations in China navigate the paradoxical expectations to become “proper” Chinese citizens, like the majority Han, while retaining pride in cultural practices and traditions that mark their differences? This article examines how Mosuo (otherwise known as Na) people in Southwest China have constructed the moral legitimacy of their ethnic traditions and identity through redirecting the Orientalizing gaze toward their Yi neighbors…
Context Specificity of "Market Integration" among the Matrilineal Mosuo of Southwest China
Market integration (MI) is a complex process through which individuals integrate market-oriented activities into previously subsistence-dominated lifeways. Changes associated with MI alter the landscapes of individual health and reproductive decision-making. While the consequences of MI are often easily detected in aggregate, the specific aspects of MI that affect health and demography are context dependent and underinvestigated. We argue that an…
Betel quid use is associated with anemia among both men and women in Matlab, Bangladesh
Anemia accounts for 8.8% of total disability burden worldwide. Betel quid use among pregnant women has been found to increase anemia risk. Betel quid is prepared by wrapping the betel (or areca) nut, with spices and other additions, in betel or tobacco leaf and it is chewed or placed in the mouth. We explored the association between betel quid use and anemia among men and non-pregnant women. We collected data from a random sample of women and the…
Nutrition and Handgrip Strength Among Adults in Rural Matlab, Bangladesh
OBJECTIVE: Handgrip strength (HGS) provides a dynamic indicator of overall strength and physical fitness. Population-based investigations of anemia and iron deficiency as predictors of HGS are limited; most studies rely on elderly and/or clinical samples. We assessed iron deficiency, anemia, body mass index (BMI), and body fat percentage as predictors of HGS among a representative cross-sectional sample of adult residents of Matlab, Bangladesh. M…
Inverse Association Between Betel Quid Use and Diabetes in Rural Bangladesh
These models support the hypothesis that betel quid use could decrease, rather than increase, risk for diabetes in the Bangladeshi context, particularly among men (who have more frequent betel quid use than women). Heterogeneity in betel quid preparation across settings, multifactorial effects of betel quid use, and publication bias may contribute to differences between these findings and other observational studies
Sociology (9 works) · China (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)