Plastic teeth extraction
The iconography of Haya gastro-sexual affliction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2466587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brad Wei, BRAD WEISS (0000-0002-3795-0064, University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 538-552 |
| Publication date | 1992-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1992.19.3.02a00070 |
| OpenAlex | W2073817378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article examines the contemporary appearance of plastic teeth, a disease of infants and children, among the Haya of northwest Tanzania. It relates the symptoms to the cultural symbolism of bodily processes and conditions, and further grounds those processes in broad transformations in the Haya political economy. This assessment of a particular affliction specifically attempts to assess the meaningful and symbolic nature of commodities and commoditization as intimate, experiential aspects of rapid social change. [East Africa, Haya, symbolism, illness, bodily process, commodities
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Commoditization · Ethnology · Iconography · Kinship · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Tanzania · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · History · Law · Legal and cultural studies analysis
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2021 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |