Boys' circumcision and girls' puberty rites among the Swahili of Mafia Island, Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2510294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Patricia Caplan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-33 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1159090 |
| OpenAlex | W2050304641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 3 |
Opening ParagraphIn the north of Mafia Island, the rites surrounding the circumcision of boys and the first menstruation of girls are no longer, if indeed they ever were, universally performed. This article attempts to explain this situation, and in so doing, draws on some of Turner's work on symbolism. In particular, his distinction between different levels of meaning expressed by symbols-the exegetical, the operational and the positional (1962)-is followed in a discussion of the political implications of performance or rejection of the rites
Ethnology · Geography · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Menstruation · Paragraph · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Swahili · Tanzania · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2021 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |