Pat Caplan
Pat Caplan FRAI | |
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Born | Ann Patricia Bailey 13 March 1942 |
Nationality | British |
Title | Professor of Social Anthropology |
Spouse |
Lionel Caplan (m. 1967) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | SOAS University of London University of London |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Social anthropology |
Sub-discipline |
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Institutions | Birkbeck, University of London SOAS University of London Open University Goldsmiths, University of London Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London |
Ann Patricia Bailey "Pat" Caplan,
Early life and education
Caplan was born on 13 March 1942 to Sylvester Launcelot Bailey and Marjorie Bailey (née Parr).
Academic career
Caplan worked as a
In 1977, Caplan joined
Caplan retired in 2003 and was appointed Emeritus Professor.[1][2]
Personal life
In 1967, the then Pat Bailey married Lionel Caplan. Together they have two children: one son and one daughter.[1]
Honours
In 1995, Caplan was elected a
Selected works
- Caplan, A. Patricia (1972). Priests and Cobblers: a study of social change in a Hindu village in Western Nepal. London: Intertext Books. ISBN 978-0700201969.
- Caplan, Ann Patricia (1975). Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community: Property, Hierarchy and Cognatic Descent on the East African Coast. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0197241950.
- Caplan, Patricia; Bujra, Janet M., eds. (1978). Women United, Women Divided: cross cultural perspectives on female solidarity. London: Tavistock Publications. ISBN 978-0422764803.
- Caplan, Patricia (1985). Class and Gender in India: Women and their Organisations in a South Indian City. London: Tavistock Publications. ISBN 978-0422799706.
- Caplan, Pat, ed. (1989). The Cultural Construction of Sexuality. London: Routledege. ISBN 978-0415040136.
- Le Guennec-Coppens, Françoise; Caplan, Pat, eds. (1991). Les Swahili entre Afrique et Arabie (in French). Paris: Karthala. ISBN 978-2865373253.
- Bell, Diane; Caplan, Pat; Karim, Wazir Jahan, eds. (1992). Gendered Fields: Women, Men and Ethnography. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415062527.
- Caplan, Pat, ed. (1995). Understanding Disputes: The Politics of Argument. Oxford: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0854969241.
- Caplan, Pat (1997). African Voices, African Lives: Personal Narratives from a Swahili Village. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415137232.
- Caplan, Pat, ed. (1997). Food, Health and Identity: approaches from the social sciences. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415156790.
- Caplan, Pat, ed. (2000). Risk Revisited. London: Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0745314631.
- Caplan, Pat, ed. (2003). The Ethics of Anthropology: Debates and Dilemmas. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415296427.
- Caplan, Pat; Topan, Farouk, eds. (2004). Swahili Modernities: Culture, Politics, and Identity on the East Coast of Africa. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1592210466.
The papers of Pat and Lionel Caplan, comprising field notes as well as material relating to the subsequent publication of books and articles based on fieldwork are held by SOAS Archives
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "CAPLAN, Prof. (Ann) Patricia (Bailey)". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Pat Caplan MA PhD". Goldsmiths. University of London. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Caplan, Ann Patricia (1968). Non-unilineal kinship on Mafia Island, Tanzania (phd thesis). SOAS University of London. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020.