Sökning: "Thai women"

Visar resultat 11 - 13 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Thai women.

  1. 11. Making fields of merit: Buddhist nuns challenge gendered orders in Thailand

    Författare :Monica Lindberg Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Thailand; sex; gender; Buddhism; nuns; rituals; gifts; education;

    Sammanfattning : This anthropological study addresses the interaction and interconncectedness between religion and gender relations in Thailand, analysing this through the lens of the Buddhist nuns' (mae chiis') lives, actions and role in Thai society. The mae chiis have a long hstory in Thailand. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Bodily Practices and Medical Identities in Southern Thailand

    Författare :Claudia Merli; Ing-Britt Trankell; Jan Ovesen; Rosalind C. Morris; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; biopolitics; minorities; Muslims; Southern Thailand; childbirth; medical practices; circumcision; embodiment; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores contemporary practices concerning women’s and children’s bodies, with a special focus on postpartum practices, the treatment of the afterbirth and its cosmological dimensions, and male and female circumcision. At the intersection between traditional midwifery and modern medicine, Muslim women cross the boundaries between different cosmologies and medical systems. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Understanding and managing cardiovascular disease risk factors in Vietnam : integrating clinical and public health perspectives

    Författare :Quang Ngoc Nguyen; Peter Byass; Lan-Viet Nguyen; Stig Wall; Lars Weinehall; Ruth Bonita; Göran Bondjers; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cardiovascular disease risk factors; epidemiology; prevention; hypertension; Vietnam; yếu tố nguy cơ bệnh tim mạch; dịch tễ học; dự phòng; tăng huyết áp; Việt Nam; Cardiology; kardiologi;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Vietnam, like other low-income countries, is facing an epidemic burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRFs). The magnitude and directions of CVDRF progression are matters of uncertainty. LÄS MER