Review of “The Best of Hard Times”, by Elizabeth Berk , published at Anthro Book Forum, May 9, 2022 (in English) Both Gustavo Barbosa and I, as non-native speakers of Arabic educated in the Western liberal tradition, have dedicated portions of our scholarly inquiries to gender and agency, as concepts, lived experiences, words, and metonyms that link all of these. During my fieldwork in Lebanon I, as Barbosa, found myself…
Review of “The Best of Hard Times”, by Liza Dumovich, published at Antropoloitica 54 (1), April 2022 (in Portuguese) The Best of Hard Times, fruto da pesquisa de doutorado de Gustavo Barbosa entre os moradores de Chatila, um campo de refugiados palestinos em Beirute, é uma análise etnográfica da construção da masculinidade entre os shabab (rapazes) do campo. Com leveza e humor, o autor usa a metáfora da água para…