Rhiannon Stephens
Biographic Data
| ID | 506388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhiannon Stephens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhiannon |
| FAMILY NAME | Stephens |
| SIGNATURE | STEPHENS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9816-952X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Conceptual History in Precolonial Contexts
Conceptual history offers a method for writing the intellectual history of African societies that did not leave a documentary record accessible in archives. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, in this case drawing on the methods of comparative historical linguistics, it is possible to rethink the limitations of the traditional archive and privilege the intellectual work of people even when their names and the details of their individual lives h…
Introduction. Theories and Methods of African Conceptual History
Chapter 1. ‘Wealth’, ‘Poverty’ and the Question of Conceptual History in Oral Contexts
Doing Conceptual History in Africa
Employing an innovative methodological toolkit, Doing Conceptual History in Africa provides a refreshingly broad and interdisciplinary approach to African historical studies. The studies assembled here focus on the complex role of language in Africa’s historical development, with a particular emphasis on pragmatics and semantics. From precolonial dynamics of wealth and poverty to the conceptual foundations of nationalist movements, each contribut…
Poverty's Pasts
This article examines how historians have approached the history of poverty in Africa before European colonisation. From an earlier focus on the emergence of class difference to more recent studies on the emergence of poverty, scholars have demonstrated the longevity of economic inequality in Africa. This historiography counters a linear view of the growth of economic inequality and the idea that poverty is a necessary corollary of wealth. The ar…
Bereft, Selfish, and Hungry
"Bereft, Selfish, and Hungry" is a history of "the poor" as a concept in East Africa in the Common Era. It shows how people speaking Greater Luhyia languages reconceptualized poverty as they settled new lands, interacted with other communities, and dealt with social and political change. Their notions of the poor ranged from connecting them with bereavement to associating them with selfishness; from an early emphasis on want to later ideas of dec…
The historical ecology of malaria in Ethiopia
The historical ecology of malaria in Ethiopia: Deposing the spirits." Global Public Health, 12(5), pp. 639–640
Whether They Promised Each Other Some Thing Is Difficult to Work Out
Marriage cases discussed by Catholic missionaries in Uganda at the turn of the twentieth century showcase considerable diversity in relationships between women and men. While these cases reflect the turbulence of the late nineteenth century, the history of marriage and divorce in the region since around 700 CE demonstrates that diversity in marital arrangements was a long-standing phenomenon. This article sets out the history of aspects of marria…
A History of African Motherhood
This history of African motherhood over the longue durée demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to social, economic, cultural and political life. The book explores how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than biology, motherhood created essential social and political connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic divides. The imp…
Birthing Wealth? Motherhood and Poverty in East-Central Uganda, c.700-1900
Motherhood as a means of ensuring future status is a well-established concept in African history and has perhaps been best articulated by Claude Meillassoux in his study of pre-capitalist agrarian societies. In his analysis, ‘women benefit from the agricultural labour of their unmarried sons and ... their influence depends on the number and position of their children’. This dependence is complicated by the fact that women are ‘deprived of actual …
Introduction
Lineage and Society in Precolonial Uganda
This article examines the changing nature of patrilineality in east-central Uganda from the sixth century. While traditional anthropological models of lineality have been largely dismissed in recent scholarship, the problem remains that patrilineages and patriclans have played important roles in the lives of the Ganda, Gwere, Soga and their North Nyanza ancestors. By carefully examining changes and continuities in the form and content of patrilin…
Lineage and Society in Precolonial Uganda
This article examines the changing nature of patrilineality in east-central Uganda from the sixth century. While traditional anthropological models of lineality have been largely dismissed in recent scholarship, the problem remains that patrilineages and patriclans have played important roles in the lives of the Ganda, Gwere, Soga and their North Nyanza ancestors. By carefully examining changes and continuities in the form and content of patrilin…
Poverty's Pasts
This article examines how historians have approached the history of poverty in Africa before European colonisation. From an earlier focus on the emergence of class difference to more recent studies on the emergence of poverty, scholars have demonstrated the longevity of economic inequality in Africa. This historiography counters a linear view of the growth of economic inequality and the idea that poverty is a necessary corollary of wealth. The ar…
Whether They Promised Each Other Some Thing Is Difficult to Work Out
Marriage cases discussed by Catholic missionaries in Uganda at the turn of the twentieth century showcase considerable diversity in relationships between women and men. While these cases reflect the turbulence of the late nineteenth century, the history of marriage and divorce in the region since around 700 CE demonstrates that diversity in marital arrangements was a long-standing phenomenon. This article sets out the history of aspects of marria…
Birthing Wealth? Motherhood and Poverty in East-Central Uganda, c.700-1900
Motherhood as a means of ensuring future status is a well-established concept in African history and has perhaps been best articulated by Claude Meillassoux in his study of pre-capitalist agrarian societies. In his analysis, ‘women benefit from the agricultural labour of their unmarried sons and ... their influence depends on the number and position of their children’. This dependence is complicated by the fact that women are ‘deprived of actual …
Lineage and Society in Precolonial Uganda
This article examines the changing nature of patrilineality in east-central Uganda from the sixth century. While traditional anthropological models of lineality have been largely dismissed in recent scholarship, the problem remains that patrilineages and patriclans have played important roles in the lives of the Ganda, Gwere, Soga and their North Nyanza ancestors. By carefully examining changes and continuities in the form and content of patrilin…
Birthing Wealth? Motherhood and Poverty in East-Central Uganda, c.700-1900
Motherhood as a means of ensuring future status is a well-established concept in African history and has perhaps been best articulated by Claude Meillassoux in his study of pre-capitalist agrarian societies. In his analysis, ‘women benefit from the agricultural labour of their unmarried sons and ... their influence depends on the number and position of their children’. This dependence is complicated by the fact that women are ‘deprived of actual …
Introduction
A History of African Motherhood
This history of African motherhood over the longue durée demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to social, economic, cultural and political life. The book explores how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than biology, motherhood created essential social and political connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic divides. The imp…
Whether They Promised Each Other Some Thing Is Difficult to Work Out
Marriage cases discussed by Catholic missionaries in Uganda at the turn of the twentieth century showcase considerable diversity in relationships between women and men. While these cases reflect the turbulence of the late nineteenth century, the history of marriage and divorce in the region since around 700 CE demonstrates that diversity in marital arrangements was a long-standing phenomenon. This article sets out the history of aspects of marria…
The historical ecology of malaria in Ethiopia
The historical ecology of malaria in Ethiopia: Deposing the spirits." Global Public Health, 12(5), pp. 639–640
Poverty's Pasts
This article examines how historians have approached the history of poverty in Africa before European colonisation. From an earlier focus on the emergence of class difference to more recent studies on the emergence of poverty, scholars have demonstrated the longevity of economic inequality in Africa. This historiography counters a linear view of the growth of economic inequality and the idea that poverty is a necessary corollary of wealth. The ar…
Bereft, Selfish, and Hungry
"Bereft, Selfish, and Hungry" is a history of "the poor" as a concept in East Africa in the Common Era. It shows how people speaking Greater Luhyia languages reconceptualized poverty as they settled new lands, interacted with other communities, and dealt with social and political change. Their notions of the poor ranged from connecting them with bereavement to associating them with selfishness; from an early emphasis on want to later ideas of dec…
Introduction. Theories and Methods of African Conceptual History
Chapter 1. ‘Wealth’, ‘Poverty’ and the Question of Conceptual History in Oral Contexts
Doing Conceptual History in Africa
Employing an innovative methodological toolkit, Doing Conceptual History in Africa provides a refreshingly broad and interdisciplinary approach to African historical studies. The studies assembled here focus on the complex role of language in Africa’s historical development, with a particular emphasis on pragmatics and semantics. From precolonial dynamics of wealth and poverty to the conceptual foundations of nationalist movements, each contribut…
Conceptual History in Precolonial Contexts
Conceptual history offers a method for writing the intellectual history of African societies that did not leave a documentary record accessible in archives. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, in this case drawing on the methods of comparative historical linguistics, it is possible to rethink the limitations of the traditional archive and privilege the intellectual work of people even when their names and the details of their individual lives h…
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