David Parkin - List of publications#

• The sacred void: spatial images of work and ritual among the Giriama of Kenya, 1991, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge and New York.
• The cultural definition of political response: lineal destiny among the Luo of Kenya, 1978, Academic Press: London and New York.
• Palms, wine and witnesses: public spirit and private gain in an African farming community, 1972, Chandler: San Francisco.
• Neighbours and nationals in an African city ward California, 1969, U.P., Routledge and Kegan Paul: Berkeley and London.

Edited books:

• David Parkin and S. Ulijaszek Holistic anthropology: convergences and emergences, 2007, Berghahn: Oxford and New York.
• David Parkin and Ruth BarnesShips and the Development of Maritime Technology across the Indian Ocean, 2002, Curzon Press.
• David Parkin and Stephen C. Headley Islamic Prayer across the Indian Ocean: Inside and Outside the Mosque, 2000, Curzon Press.
• David Parkin Anthropologists in a Wider World: Essays on Field Research, 2000, Berghahn: Oxford.
• David Parkin and F. Le Guennec-Coppens Pouvoir et autorité chez les Swahili, 1998, Karthala: Paris.
• David Parkin and L. Caplan, H. Fisher The politics of cultural performance, 1996, Berghahn: Oxford and New York.
• David Parkin Continuity and autonomy in Swahili communities: inland influences and strategies of self-determination, 1994, Universitat Wien; and School of Oriental and African Studies: Wien, London.
• David Parkin and E. Croll Bush base, forest farm: culture, development and the en-vironment, 1992, Routledge: London and New York.
• David Parkin and Francois Constantin Social stratification in Swahili society (with chapter), 1989.
• David Parkin and David Nyamwaya Transformations of African marriage (with introduction), 1987, Manchester University Press for International African Institute.
• David Parkin The anthropology of evil, 1985, Blackwells: Oxford.
• David Parkin and Joan Maw Swahili language and society, 1985, University of Vienna: Vienna.
• David Parkin Semantic anthropology (with introduction), 1982, Academic Press: London and New York.
• David Parkin Town and country in central and eastern Africa, 1975, University of Oxford Press for International African Institute.

• The accidental in religious instruction: ideas and convictions. In D. Berliner and R. Sarro (eds). Learning religion. Berghahn. Oxford and New York.
• Introduction and chapter entitled The visceral in the social: the crowd as paradigmatic type. In D. Parkin and S. Ulijaszek (co-eds). Holistic anthropology: emergence and convergence. Berghahn. Oxford and New York.
• Wafting on the wind: smell and the cycle of spirit and matter. In a special issue of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Edited by Elisabeth Hsu and Chris Low.
• In touch without touching: Islam and healing. In R. Littlewood (ed.). On knowing and not knowing in the anthropology of medicine. Left Coast Press. Walnut Creek. CA. pp. 194 - 219.
• Art that dances and art that patrols: two groups in Zanzibar. In R. Loimeier and R. Seesman. The global worlds of the Swahili. Lit Verlag. Berlin.
• In the nature of human landscape: provenances in the making of Zanzibari politics. In J. Clammer. S. Poirier and E. Schwimmer (eds). Figured worlds: ontological obstacles in intercultural relations. University of Toronto Press.
• Textile as commodity, dress and text: Swahili kanga and women’s statements. In R. Barnes (ed). Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies. Curzon Routledge.
• Epilogue: Fieldwork Unfolding. In P. Dresch, W. James and D. Parkin (eds.) Anthropologists in a Wider World: Essays on Field Research Berghahn, Oxford.
• Templates, evocations and the long-term fieldworker. In P. Dresch, W. James and D. Parkin (eds.) Anthropologists in a Wider World: Essays on Field Research Berghahn, Oxford.
• Invocation: salaa, dua, sadaka and the question of self-determination. In D. Parkin and S. Headley (eds). Islamic prayer across the Indian Ocean. London. Curzon.
• Inside and outside the mosque: a master trope. In D. Parkin and S. Headley (eds). Islamic prayer across the Indian Ocean. London. Curzon.
• The power of incompleteness: innuendo in Swahili women’s dress. In B. Masquelier and J-L Siran (eds) Pour une anthropologie de l’interlocution: rhétoriques du quotidien Paris. L’Harmattan.
• Islam among the humors: destiny and agency among the Swahili. In I. Karp and D. Masolo (eds) African philosophy as cultural enquiry. Indiana UP: Bloomington.