Thomas T Spear
Biographic Data
| ID | 161927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas T Spear |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas T |
| FAMILY NAME | Spear |
| SIGNATURE | SPEAR T T |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Kaya complex, a history of the Mijikenda peoples of the Kenya coast to 1900
Mountain Warriors
Traditional Myths and Linguistic Analysis
In a previous article in this journal I warned about the dangers of facile generalization and misinterpretation of traditional origin myths leading to the elaboration of historians' myths which bear little resemblance to the traditional, linguistic, cultural, or documentary data. I then proceeded to analyze the Singwaya (Shungwaya) myth pertaining to the origins of the peoples of the Kenya coast to show how earlier interpretations cannot be susta…
Traditional Myths and Historian's Myths
African myths of origin have long both fascinated and perplexed historians. Naively taken as fact, they have led historians to create their own myths, such as the Hamitic Myth and its corollary, Sudanic Civilization. The most radical corrective has been to dismiss origin myths altogether on the anthropologial rationale that all myths are simply cultural charters and bear little resemblance to historical fact. By so doing, however, quite frequentl…
Zwangedaba's Ngoni 1821-1890. A Political and Social History of a Migration
The Kaya complex, a history of the Mijikenda peoples of the Kenya coast to 1900
Traditional Myths and Historian's Myths
African myths of origin have long both fascinated and perplexed historians. Naively taken as fact, they have led historians to create their own myths, such as the Hamitic Myth and its corollary, Sudanic Civilization. The most radical corrective has been to dismiss origin myths altogether on the anthropologial rationale that all myths are simply cultural charters and bear little resemblance to historical fact. By so doing, however, quite frequentl…
Traditional Myths and Linguistic Analysis
In a previous article in this journal I warned about the dangers of facile generalization and misinterpretation of traditional origin myths leading to the elaboration of historians' myths which bear little resemblance to the traditional, linguistic, cultural, or documentary data. I then proceeded to analyze the Singwaya (Shungwaya) myth pertaining to the origins of the peoples of the Kenya coast to show how earlier interpretations cannot be susta…
Zwangedaba's Ngoni 1821-1890. A Political and Social History of a Migration
Traditional Myths and Historian's Myths
African myths of origin have long both fascinated and perplexed historians. Naively taken as fact, they have led historians to create their own myths, such as the Hamitic Myth and its corollary, Sudanic Civilization. The most radical corrective has been to dismiss origin myths altogether on the anthropologial rationale that all myths are simply cultural charters and bear little resemblance to historical fact. By so doing, however, quite frequentl…
Traditional Myths and Linguistic Analysis
In a previous article in this journal I warned about the dangers of facile generalization and misinterpretation of traditional origin myths leading to the elaboration of historians' myths which bear little resemblance to the traditional, linguistic, cultural, or documentary data. I then proceeded to analyze the Singwaya (Shungwaya) myth pertaining to the origins of the peoples of the Kenya coast to show how earlier interpretations cannot be susta…
The Kaya complex, a history of the Mijikenda peoples of the Kenya coast to 1900
Mountain Warriors
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Classics (2 works)