| Patrescence in Southern Thailand: cosmological and social dimensions of fatherhood among the Malay-Muslims. | |
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PMID: 21409659 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This paper examines fatherhood among the Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand (representing a minority at the national level, but constituting the majority population in the region). Traditional practices related to birth and the postpartum period are upheld as a marker of ethnic and religious identity by such groups. Building on the concept of patrescence as 'becoming a father', proposed by Dana Raphael, the data presented show how the process of assuming fatherhood develops during pregnancy and continues after birth through a series of ritual practices in which a man contributes to female postpartum practices. The medicalisation of birth in synergy with recent literalist interpretations of Islam has impacted on these practices, making it difficult to comply with the ritual burial of the afterbirth, which constitutes the cosmological and physical anchoring of individual and ethnic identity to the soil. |
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Authors:
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Claudia Merli |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-01 |
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Title: Culture, health & sexuality Volume: - ISSN: 1464-5351 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883416 Medline TA: Cult Health Sex Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, UK. |
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