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Alexandra Brewis (Slade) -- Biocultural Anthropologist
Regents Professor & President's Professor at Arizona State University

Category: Late Lessons

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A painting of a monk and a priest

Public breastfeeding, purity, and the Prado

June 25, 2017 alexbrewis

The Prado gallery in Madrid is splendid and powerful, full of historical paintings that lift the spirit and energize the…

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Posted in: Late Lessons, Stigmabusters Filed under: breastfeeding, stigma

Slum tourism, empathy, and study abroad

March 22, 2016 alexbrewis

At Emoya Estate in Bloemfontein, South Africa, visitors can experience what it is to live in a local village —…

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Posted in: Late Lessons, Stigmabusters, Uncategorized

Lessons from a Visit to the World's Prettiest Prison

December 2, 2015 alexbrewis

Within a decade or so, the last remaining patient-residents of the Hawai`ian leprosy colony of Kalaupapa will die. The highest sea…

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Posted in: Late Lessons Filed under: Hawaii, history, Leprosy, quarantine
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