James L Brain
Biographic Data
| ID | 76365 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James L Brain |
| GIVEN NAMES | James L |
| FAMILY NAME | Brain |
| SIGNATURE | BRAIN J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY New Paltz |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Les Swahili entre Afrique et Arabie
The Filthiest Show in Town: Sex and Death
Language and Colonial Power: The Appropriation of Swahili in the Former Belgian Congo, 1880-1938
Among the preconditions for establishing colonial authority was communication with the colonised. Verbal exchanges depended on a shared communicative praxis providing common ground on which unilateral claims could be imposed. Use of, and control over, verbal means of communication were needed to maintain regimes - military, religious-ideological, economic - in power. In the Belgian Congo brutal physical force never ceased to be exercised. In this…
Books/Livres
General/Theoretical Anthropology: The Human Cycle. Colin M. Tumbull
Women in Tanzania
Ethnology: Studies in African Social Anthropology: Essays Presented to Professor Isaac Schapera. Meyer Fortes and Sheila Patterson
Down to gentility: Women in Tanzania
Symbolic Rebirth: TheMwaliRite among the Luguru of Eastern Tanzani
IntroductionIn this paper I shall describe the rites performed for Luguru girls at puberty, and attempt an interpretation of their symbolic significance and sociological functions. In a recent article (Brain 1977) I have re-examined the whole question of initiation rites, and I propose to treat the Luguru case in the light of the ideas developed therein.Briefly, I see the rites as having both psychological and sociological importance. Psychologic…
Sex, Incest, and Death: Initiation Rites Reconsidered [and Comments and Reply]
In this paper an attempt is made to show why initiation and/or puberty rites occur in so many societies and why they take the shape they do. To do this I have used concepts derived from social and physical anthropology and from psychoanalysis. The rites are seen as part of a general human concern with categorization and the attribution of power/danger to what is not classifiable. The particular problem lies in the metamorphosis from the sexual wo…
Is Transformation Possible? Styles of Settlement in Post-Independence Tanzania
Journal Article IS TRANSFORMATION POSSIBLE? STYLES OF SETTLEMENT IN POST-INDEPENDENCE TANZANIA Get access JAMES L. BRAIN JAMES L. BRAIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 76, Issue 303, April 1977, Pages 231–245, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096840 Published: 01 April 1977
Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community
Journal Article Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community Get access Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community, by Ann P. Caplan. OUP for International African Institute, 1975. 162pp. 30 tables, 14 figs. £6.80. JAMES L. BRAIN JAMES L. BRAIN Institute of Commonwealth StudiesLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 75, Issue 301, October 1976, Pages 546–548, https://doi.org/10.109…
The Position of Women on Rural Development Schemes in Tanzania
No abstract
Ancestors as Elders in Africa—Further Thoughts
Opening Paragraph In the essay which follows an attempt will be made to answer and elaborate on some of the points raised by Kopytoff in his article ‘Ancestors as Elders in Africa’ ( Africa , xli, 2 April 1971, pp. 129–42), an article which will, no doubt, stimulate much argument and discussion. To do this I shall utilize both published sources and material collected in Uluguru in Eastern Tanzania
Development and Change: Planned Social Intervention: An Interdisciplinary Anthology . Louis A. ZURCHER, JR. and CHARLES M. Bonjean, eds
Language Use and Social Change. Problems of Multi-Lingualism with Special Reference to Eastern Africa
Swahili: The Rise of a National Language
Matrilineal Descent and Marital Stability: A Tanzanian Case1
Matrilineal Descent and Marital Stability: A Tanzanian Case
The Fipa and Related Peoples of South-West Tanzania and North-East Zambia
A Switch in Meaning in Swahili Kinship Terminology
Ancestors as Elders in Africa—Further Thoughts
Opening Paragraph In the essay which follows an attempt will be made to answer and elaborate on some of the points raised by Kopytoff in his article ‘Ancestors as Elders in Africa’ ( Africa , xli, 2 April 1971, pp. 129–42), an article which will, no doubt, stimulate much argument and discussion. To do this I shall utilize both published sources and material collected in Uluguru in Eastern Tanzania
The Fipa and Related Peoples of South-West Tanzania and North-East Zambia
Les Swahili entre Afrique et Arabie
Symbolic Rebirth: TheMwaliRite among the Luguru of Eastern Tanzani
IntroductionIn this paper I shall describe the rites performed for Luguru girls at puberty, and attempt an interpretation of their symbolic significance and sociological functions. In a recent article (Brain 1977) I have re-examined the whole question of initiation rites, and I propose to treat the Luguru case in the light of the ideas developed therein.Briefly, I see the rites as having both psychological and sociological importance. Psychologic…
Sex, Incest, and Death: Initiation Rites Reconsidered [and Comments and Reply]
In this paper an attempt is made to show why initiation and/or puberty rites occur in so many societies and why they take the shape they do. To do this I have used concepts derived from social and physical anthropology and from psychoanalysis. The rites are seen as part of a general human concern with categorization and the attribution of power/danger to what is not classifiable. The particular problem lies in the metamorphosis from the sexual wo…
Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community
Journal Article Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community Get access Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community, by Ann P. Caplan. OUP for International African Institute, 1975. 162pp. 30 tables, 14 figs. £6.80. JAMES L. BRAIN JAMES L. BRAIN Institute of Commonwealth StudiesLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 75, Issue 301, October 1976, Pages 546–548, https://doi.org/10.109…
Matrilineal Descent and Marital Stability: A Tanzanian Case1
Matrilineal Descent and Marital Stability: A Tanzanian Case
Down to gentility: Women in Tanzania
Is Transformation Possible? Styles of Settlement in Post-Independence Tanzania
Journal Article IS TRANSFORMATION POSSIBLE? STYLES OF SETTLEMENT IN POST-INDEPENDENCE TANZANIA Get access JAMES L. BRAIN JAMES L. BRAIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 76, Issue 303, April 1977, Pages 231–245, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096840 Published: 01 April 1977
A Switch in Meaning in Swahili Kinship Terminology
The Fipa and Related Peoples of South-West Tanzania and North-East Zambia
A Switch in Meaning in Swahili Kinship Terminology
Matrilineal Descent and Marital Stability: A Tanzanian Case1
Matrilineal Descent and Marital Stability: A Tanzanian Case
Swahili: The Rise of a National Language
Development and Change: Planned Social Intervention: An Interdisciplinary Anthology . Louis A. ZURCHER, JR. and CHARLES M. Bonjean, eds
Language Use and Social Change. Problems of Multi-Lingualism with Special Reference to Eastern Africa
Ancestors as Elders in Africa—Further Thoughts
Opening Paragraph In the essay which follows an attempt will be made to answer and elaborate on some of the points raised by Kopytoff in his article ‘Ancestors as Elders in Africa’ ( Africa , xli, 2 April 1971, pp. 129–42), an article which will, no doubt, stimulate much argument and discussion. To do this I shall utilize both published sources and material collected in Uluguru in Eastern Tanzania
The Position of Women on Rural Development Schemes in Tanzania
No abstract
Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community
Journal Article Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community Get access Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community, by Ann P. Caplan. OUP for International African Institute, 1975. 162pp. 30 tables, 14 figs. £6.80. JAMES L. BRAIN JAMES L. BRAIN Institute of Commonwealth StudiesLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 75, Issue 301, October 1976, Pages 546–548, https://doi.org/10.109…
Sex, Incest, and Death: Initiation Rites Reconsidered [and Comments and Reply]
In this paper an attempt is made to show why initiation and/or puberty rites occur in so many societies and why they take the shape they do. To do this I have used concepts derived from social and physical anthropology and from psychoanalysis. The rites are seen as part of a general human concern with categorization and the attribution of power/danger to what is not classifiable. The particular problem lies in the metamorphosis from the sexual wo…
Is Transformation Possible? Styles of Settlement in Post-Independence Tanzania
Journal Article IS TRANSFORMATION POSSIBLE? STYLES OF SETTLEMENT IN POST-INDEPENDENCE TANZANIA Get access JAMES L. BRAIN JAMES L. BRAIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 76, Issue 303, April 1977, Pages 231–245, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096840 Published: 01 April 1977
Down to gentility: Women in Tanzania
Symbolic Rebirth: TheMwaliRite among the Luguru of Eastern Tanzani
IntroductionIn this paper I shall describe the rites performed for Luguru girls at puberty, and attempt an interpretation of their symbolic significance and sociological functions. In a recent article (Brain 1977) I have re-examined the whole question of initiation rites, and I propose to treat the Luguru case in the light of the ideas developed therein.Briefly, I see the rites as having both psychological and sociological importance. Psychologic…
Ethnology: Studies in African Social Anthropology: Essays Presented to Professor Isaac Schapera. Meyer Fortes and Sheila Patterson
Books/Livres
General/Theoretical Anthropology: The Human Cycle. Colin M. Tumbull
Women in Tanzania
Language and Colonial Power: The Appropriation of Swahili in the Former Belgian Congo, 1880-1938
Among the preconditions for establishing colonial authority was communication with the colonised. Verbal exchanges depended on a shared communicative praxis providing common ground on which unilateral claims could be imposed. Use of, and control over, verbal means of communication were needed to maintain regimes - military, religious-ideological, economic - in power. In the Belgian Congo brutal physical force never ceased to be exercised. In this…
The Filthiest Show in Town: Sex and Death
Les Swahili entre Afrique et Arabie
Sociology (14 works) · History (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (7 works) · History (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · African history and culture studies (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works)