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Tea Flows: A Praxeological Perspective on Rituals (2017)
Book Chapter
Surak, K. (2017). Tea Flows: A Praxeological Perspective on Rituals. In M. Gottwald, K. Kirchmann, & H. Paul (Eds.), (Extra-)Ordinary Presence: Social Configurations and Cultural Repertoire (181-194). Transcript Verlag

Utopia Interrupted: Indian Sex/Gender Dissident Activism and the Everyday Search for a Life Worth Living (2017)
Book Chapter
Osella, C. (2017). Utopia Interrupted: Indian Sex/Gender Dissident Activism and the Everyday Search for a Life Worth Living. In T. Kuldova, & M. A. Varghese (Eds.), Urban Utopias Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia (227-246). Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47623-0

Kuldova points out that, “Revealing myths as simplistic or unrealistic does not help, since it does not rob them of their effectivity. Myths, ideologies and illusions are resistant to knowledge. We cultivate them even when we know better. The importa... Read More about Utopia Interrupted: Indian Sex/Gender Dissident Activism and the Everyday Search for a Life Worth Living.

"Scribes/scribality" (2017)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2017). "Scribes/scribality". In T. Thatcher, C. Keith, R. F. Person, E. R. Stern, & J. Odor (Eds.), The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media (DBAM) (355-359). Bloomsbury

Chapter 18: Mauritania (2017)
Book Chapter
Blalack, J. S. (2017). Chapter 18: Mauritania. In W. S. Hassan (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions (325-337). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199349791.013.21

This chapter traces the origins of the novel genre in Mauritania. It first considers the cultural and historical context of the emergence of the Mauritanian novel, focusing on its link to the rise of Nouakchott as the country’s capital. It then discu... Read More about Chapter 18: Mauritania.

Triple wins? Prospects for pro-poor, low carbon, climate resilient energy services in Kenya (2017)
Book Chapter
Phillips, J., Newell, P., & Pueyo, A. (2017). Triple wins? Prospects for pro-poor, low carbon, climate resilient energy services in Kenya. In F. Nunan (Ed.), Making Climate Compatible Development Happen (114-129). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315621579-6

This chapter describes political economy analysis to raise some unanswered and unasked questions about how energy systems might be redesigned to simultaneously meet climate, development and adaptation goals. Energy systems refer not only to the techn... Read More about Triple wins? Prospects for pro-poor, low carbon, climate resilient energy services in Kenya.

Marxist Economics (2017)
Book Chapter
Fine, B., & Saad Filho, A. (2017). Marxist Economics. In L. Fischer, J. Hasell, J. Proctor, D. Uwakwe, Z. Ward-Perkins, & C. Watson (Eds.), Rethinking Economics: An Introduction to Pluralist Economic (19-32). Routledge

This chapter explains the essential elements of Marxist economics or, preferably, Marxist political economy (MPE). This analysis provides the foundation for Marx's systemic critique of capitalism and his conclusion that the contradictions and limitat... Read More about Marxist Economics.

Fan Xuepeng (2017)
Book Chapter
Yang, P. (2017). Fan Xuepeng. In J. Gaines, R. Vatsal, & M. Dall’Asta (Eds.), Women Film Pioneers Project. Columbia University Libraries. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-6ny0-av44

Fan Xuepeng was a luminous Chinese film star through the silent era and into the sound era. She was perhaps most famous for her performance as knightly female characters in martial arts films from the late 1920s to the early 1930s. Later she became a... Read More about Fan Xuepeng.

The Influence of Diaspora Politics on Conflict and Peace: Transnational Activism of Stateless Kurds (2017)
Book Chapter
Tas, L. (2017). The Influence of Diaspora Politics on Conflict and Peace: Transnational Activism of Stateless Kurds. In D. Cament, & A. Sadjed (Eds.), Diaspora as Cultures of Cooperation (171-198). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32892-8_9

Kurds are the largest stateless ethnic group in the world, and Kurdish diasporas have for many years tried to raise awareness of the Kurds’ situation, both at home and abroad, as well as lobbying for improvements to Kurdish cultural and political rig... Read More about The Influence of Diaspora Politics on Conflict and Peace: Transnational Activism of Stateless Kurds.

Text and Image on Middle Eastern Objects: The Palmer Cup in Context (2017)
Book Chapter
Contadini, A. (2017). Text and Image on Middle Eastern Objects: The Palmer Cup in Context. In P. Shirley, & D. Thornton (Eds.), A Rothschild Renaissance: A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum (124-145). British Museum Research Publications 212

Hunting terminology in ǂHoan (2017)
Book Chapter
Sands, B., Chebanne, A., & Shah, S. (2017). Hunting terminology in ǂHoan. In A.-M. Fehn (Ed.), Khoisan Languages and Linguistics. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium, July 11-13, 2011, Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal (185-211). Rüdiger Köppe

Civilising norms and Africa: reflections drawn from psychoanalysis (2017)
Book Chapter
Gallagher, J. (2017). Civilising norms and Africa: reflections drawn from psychoanalysis. In C. Epstein (Ed.), Against International Norms: postcolonial perspectives (57-73). Routledge

This chapter explores the meaning of civilisation in Africa, using psychoanalytic theory to understand its historical role in shaping structures of political authority. European ideas of civilisation have historically placed Africa on the outside, a... Read More about Civilising norms and Africa: reflections drawn from psychoanalysis.

A survey of the content and column of the contemporary Yoruba newspaper (2017)
Book Chapter
Osunnuga, T. (2017). A survey of the content and column of the contemporary Yoruba newspaper. In O. C. Orimoogunje, & C. A. Akangbe (Eds.), New Trends in Yorùbá language, literature and culture: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Philip Adedotun Ogundeji, University of Ibadan, Nigeria (739-751). Ibadan Cultural Studies Group

Critique in hysterical times (2017)
Book Chapter
Rao, R. (2017). Critique in hysterical times. In A. Anagnostopoulos, F. Ieropoulos, & F. Dousos (Eds.), The Black Book of FYTA = Hē marē biblos tōn phyta (34-40). Nefeli

“Fang Yizhi de mingwu xunshi: Yi Tongya ‘Dongwu’ wei li” 方以智的名物訓釋──以《通雅·動物》為例 (Fang Yizhi on Zoological Terminology: A Case Study of the Tongya) (2017)
Book Chapter
Liu, Y. (2017). “Fang Yizhi de mingwu xunshi: Yi Tongya ‘Dongwu’ wei li” 方以智的名物訓釋──以《通雅·動物》為例 (Fang Yizhi on Zoological Terminology: A Case Study of the Tongya). In Z. L. B. W. 《. Hubei Daxue Wenxueyuan 湖北大學文學院 (Ed.), Zhongwen luntan (zong di wu ji) 中文論壇（總第5輯） (17-26). Shehui kexue wenxian chubanshe