Linda L Giles
Biographic Data
| ID | 117403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda L Giles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda L |
| FAMILY NAME | Giles |
| SIGNATURE | GILES L L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Illinois State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Larsen, Kjersti: Where Humans and Spirits Meet.The Politics of Rituals and Identified Spirits in Zanzibar
Anthropos , Seite 288 - 289
Groundbreaking Repatriation of Two Kenyan Memorial Statues
The Transatlantic Trade in African Ancestors: Mijikenda Memorial Statues (Vigango) and the Ethics of Collecting and Curating Non-Western Cultural Property
This article details obstacles to deterrence of the global trade in non-Western cultural properties and examines the ethics of Western collecting and curating of such property. We focus on the theft and global marketing of memorial statues (vigango) erected by the Mijikenda peoples of East Africa, relating an unusually well-documented case study, tracing two statues from their theft to their appearance in U.S. museums. We describe the large-scale…
Mombasa, the Swahili, and the Making of the Mijikenda. Justin Willis
Politics and Spirit Possession: The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town. Lesley A. Sharp
Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa
Linda L. Giles, Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa, Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 2, Possession and Social Change in Eastern Africa (Apr., 1995), pp. 89-106
Possession cults on the Swahili coast: A Re-Examination of Theories of Marginality
Opening ParagraphThis article examines the role of spirit possession cults in the Swahili coastal area of Kenya and Tanzania, based on three years (1982-85) of doctoral dissertation research in seven field sites (including the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). It provides a reassessment of the conventional theoretical viewpoint that such cults are peripheral to the wider society's value and socio-cultural structure, asserting that in this case they…
Further Considerations on Mbaraki Pillar
The following note on the use of Mbaraki pillar should be read alongside the article by Hamo Sassoon in Azania 17 (pp. 79–97). Linda Giles is working on spirit possession on the Swahili coast. Her research has been supported by a Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Fellowship and a Social Science Research Council Fellowship
Possession cults on the Swahili coast: A Re-Examination of Theories of Marginality
Opening ParagraphThis article examines the role of spirit possession cults in the Swahili coastal area of Kenya and Tanzania, based on three years (1982-85) of doctoral dissertation research in seven field sites (including the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). It provides a reassessment of the conventional theoretical viewpoint that such cults are peripheral to the wider society's value and socio-cultural structure, asserting that in this case they…
The Transatlantic Trade in African Ancestors: Mijikenda Memorial Statues (Vigango) and the Ethics of Collecting and Curating Non-Western Cultural Property
This article details obstacles to deterrence of the global trade in non-Western cultural properties and examines the ethics of Western collecting and curating of such property. We focus on the theft and global marketing of memorial statues (vigango) erected by the Mijikenda peoples of East Africa, relating an unusually well-documented case study, tracing two statues from their theft to their appearance in U.S. museums. We describe the large-scale…
Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa
Linda L. Giles, Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa, Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 2, Possession and Social Change in Eastern Africa (Apr., 1995), pp. 89-106
Further Considerations on Mbaraki Pillar
The following note on the use of Mbaraki pillar should be read alongside the article by Hamo Sassoon in Azania 17 (pp. 79–97). Linda Giles is working on spirit possession on the Swahili coast. Her research has been supported by a Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Fellowship and a Social Science Research Council Fellowship
Possession cults on the Swahili coast: A Re-Examination of Theories of Marginality
Opening ParagraphThis article examines the role of spirit possession cults in the Swahili coastal area of Kenya and Tanzania, based on three years (1982-85) of doctoral dissertation research in seven field sites (including the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). It provides a reassessment of the conventional theoretical viewpoint that such cults are peripheral to the wider society's value and socio-cultural structure, asserting that in this case they…
Mombasa, the Swahili, and the Making of the Mijikenda. Justin Willis
Politics and Spirit Possession: The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town. Lesley A. Sharp
Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa
Linda L. Giles, Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa, Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 2, Possession and Social Change in Eastern Africa (Apr., 1995), pp. 89-106
The Transatlantic Trade in African Ancestors: Mijikenda Memorial Statues (Vigango) and the Ethics of Collecting and Curating Non-Western Cultural Property
This article details obstacles to deterrence of the global trade in non-Western cultural properties and examines the ethics of Western collecting and curating of such property. We focus on the theft and global marketing of memorial statues (vigango) erected by the Mijikenda peoples of East Africa, relating an unusually well-documented case study, tracing two statues from their theft to their appearance in U.S. museums. We describe the large-scale…
Groundbreaking Repatriation of Two Kenyan Memorial Statues
Larsen, Kjersti: Where Humans and Spirits Meet.The Politics of Rituals and Identified Spirits in Zanzibar
Anthropos , Seite 288 - 289
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Swahili (4 works)