Gendered Fields: Women, Men and Ethnography Caplan, Pat; Bell, Diane and Karim, Wazir Jahan, eds. 1993. Gendered Fields: Women, Men and Ethnography. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415062527
Les Swahilis entre Afrique et Arabie Caplan, Pat and le Guennec-Coppens, Francoise, eds. 1992. Les Swahilis entre Afrique et Arabie. Paris: Karthala. ISBN 978-2865373253
The Cultural Construction of Sexuality Caplan, Pat, ed. 1987. The Cultural Construction of Sexuality. London: Tavistock Publications. ISBN 978-0415040136
‘Two weddings in northern Mafia – changes in women’s lives since the 1960s’ Caplan, Pat. 2015. ‘Two weddings in northern Mafia – changes in women’s lives since the 1960s’. In: Erin Stiles and Katherine Daly Thompson, eds. Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean: Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0821421871
‘The Transcendent Subject? Biography as a medium for writing ‘life and times’’ Caplan, Pat. 2015. ‘The Transcendent Subject? Biography as a medium for writing ‘life and times’’. In: N. Rapport; James Staples; Isak Niehaus and Katie Smith, eds. Anthropology and Biography. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Publications.
‘Death on the farm: badger culling in North Pembrokeshire’ Caplan, Pat. 2013. ‘Death on the farm: badger culling in North Pembrokeshire’. In: Hilary Callan; Brian Street and Simon Underdown, eds. Introductory Readings in Anthropology. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books and RAI. ISBN 0857459694, 978-0857459695
‘Understanding modernity/ies on Mafia Island, Tanzania: the idea of a moral community’ Caplan, Pat. 2009. ‘Understanding modernity/ies on Mafia Island, Tanzania: the idea of a moral community’. In: Kjersti Larsen, ed. Knowledge, Renewal and Religion: repositioning and changing ideological and material circumstances among the Swahili on the East African Coast. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute. ISBN 978-91-7106-635-0
‘Struggling to be modern: recent letters from Mafia Island’ Caplan, Pat. 2004. ‘Struggling to be modern: recent letters from Mafia Island’. In: Pat Caplan and F. Topan, eds. Swahili Modernities. Lawrenceville NJ: Africa World Press. ISBN 1592210465, 978-1592210466
'Introduction' Caplan, Pat. 2004. 'Introduction'. In: Pat Caplan and F. Topan, eds. Swahili Modernities. Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press. ISBN 1592210465, 978-1592210466
‘Abner Cohen’ Caplan, Pat. 2003. ‘Abner Cohen’. In: V. Amit, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Social And Cultural Anthropology. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415475538, 978-0415475532
'Introduction: The ethics of anthropology’ Caplan, Pat. 2002. 'Introduction: The ethics of anthropology’. In: Pat Caplan, ed. Anthropology and Ethics: debates and dilemmas. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415296439, 978-0415296434
‘Joke Schrijvers: an Appreciation' Caplan, Pat. 2002. ‘Joke Schrijvers: an Appreciation'. In: E. Lammers and L. Nencel, eds. Making Waves: inspiring critical and feminist research: a tribute to Joke Schrijvers. Amsterdam, Aksant, pp. 32-35. ISBN 9052600562
Civilization and barbarism: an anthropological approach Caplan, Pat. 2001. Civilization and barbarism: an anthropological approach. In: E.S. Shaffer, ed. Comparative Criticism: Volume 23. Cambridge University Press, pp. 155-171. ISBN 978-0521808071
‘Introduction: anthropology and risk’ Caplan, Pat. 2000. ‘Introduction: anthropology and risk’. In: Pat Caplan, ed. Risk Revisited. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0745314686, 978-0745314686
'Food in middle-class households in Madras, 1974-94' Caplan, Pat. 2000. 'Food in middle-class households in Madras, 1974-94'. In: B.C.A. Walraven and K. Cwiertka, eds. Food in Asia: the Global and the Local. Curzon Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2544-7
'Health Professionals' Concepts of Healthy Eating' Caplan, Pat and Keane, A.. 1999. 'Health Professionals' Concepts of Healthy Eating'. In: B.M. Koehler; E. Feichtinger; E. Dowler and G. Winkler, eds. Public Health and Nutrition: The Challenge. Berlin: Edition Sigma, Rainer Bohn Verlag, pp. 228-244.
'La vie politique en mutation d'un village cotier de la Tanzanie' Caplan, Pat. 1998. 'La vie politique en mutation d'un village cotier de la Tanzanie'. In: F. le Guennec-Coppens and David Parkin, eds. Autorite et Pouvoir chez les Swahili. Paris: Karthala; IPRA, Nairobi, pp. 77-97. ISBN 2865378691
'Experiencing old age on Mafia Island, Tanzania' Caplan, Pat. 1998. 'Experiencing old age on Mafia Island, Tanzania'. In: M. Aguilar, ed. The Politics of Age and Gerontocracy in Africa. Trenton, N.J.: African World Press.. ISBN 978-0865435988
'Concepts of Healthy Eating: Approaches from a social science perspective.' Caplan, Pat; Keane, A.; Willetts, A. and Williams, J.. 1998. 'Concepts of Healthy Eating: Approaches from a social science perspective.'. In: A. Murcott, ed. The Nation's Diet: the Social Science of Food Choice. London and New York: Longman, pp. 168-182. ISBN 978-0582302853
"Law and custom: marital disputes on Mafia Island, Tanzania" Caplan, Pat. 1995. "Law and custom: marital disputes on Mafia Island, Tanzania". In: Pat Caplan, ed. Understanding Disputes: the Politics of Law. Oxford: Berg Publishers, pp. 203-222. ISBN 9780854969241
"Anthropology and the Study of Disputes" Introduction to Caplan, Pat. 1995. "Anthropology and the Study of Disputes" Introduction to. In: Pat Caplan, ed. Understanding Disputes: the Politics of Law. Oxford: Berg Publishers, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9780854969241
"Introduction II" Caplan, Pat. 1993. "Introduction II". In: D Bell; Pat Caplan and W. Karim, eds. Learning Gender: field work in a Tanzanian coastal village, l965 85. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 19-27.
"Engendering Knowledge" Caplan, Pat. 1992. "Engendering Knowledge". In: S. Ardener, ed. The Persons and Powers of Women. Oxford: Berg Press, pp. 65-87. ISBN 9780854968664
"Socialism from above; the view from below" Caplan, Pat. 1992. "Socialism from above; the view from below". In: Peter Forster, ed. Tanzanian Peasantry: Economy in Crisis. Gower Press, pp. 103-123. ISBN 978-1856281553
"Spirits and Sex: a Swahili informant and his diary". Caplan, Pat. 1992. "Spirits and Sex: a Swahili informant and his diary". In: Judith Okely and Helen Callaway, eds. Anthropology and Autobiography. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 64-81. ISBN 978-0415051897
"Celibacy as a solution? Mahatma Gandhi and Brahmacharya" Caplan, Pat. 1985. "Celibacy as a solution? Mahatma Gandhi and Brahmacharya". In: Pat Caplan, ed. The Cultural Construction of Sexuality. London: Tavistock Publications, pp. 271-295. ISBN 978-0415040136
'Introduction’ Caplan, Pat. 1985. 'Introduction’. In: Pat Caplan, ed. The Cultural Construction of Sexuality. London and New York: Routledge.
"Women's Property, Islamic Law and Cognatic Descent" Caplan, Pat. 1983. "Women's Property, Islamic Law and Cognatic Descent". In: R. Hirschon, ed. Women and Property, Women as Property. London: Croom Helm, pp. 23-43.
"Gender, Ideology and Modes of Production on the East African coast" Caplan, Pat. 1982. "Gender, Ideology and Modes of Production on the East African coast". In: J. de Vere Allen, ed. From Zinj to Zanzibar: History, Trade and Society on the Coast of East Africa. Berlin: Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. 29-43.
"Women's organisations in Madras city, India" Caplan, Pat. 1978. "Women's organisations in Madras city, India". In: J. Bujra and Pat Caplan, eds. Women United, Women Divided: Cross cultural Perspectives on Female Solidarity. Tavistock: London and Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0422764902
"The Swahili of Chole Island, Tanzania" Caplan, Pat. 1978. "The Swahili of Chole Island, Tanzania". In: A. Sutherland, ed. Face Values. BBC/RAI, pp. 140-75.
"Women in the Anthropology Profession" Caplan, Pat. 1975. "Women in the Anthropology Profession". In: R. Rohrlich Leavitt, ed. Women Cross culturally: Change and Challenge. The Hague: Mouton, pp. 547-549. ISBN 978-0202011479
Towards a feminist ethics of anthropology Caplan, Pat. 2005. Towards a feminist ethics of anthropology. Lova: Landelijk Overleg Vrouwenstrudies in de Antropologie/ Tijdschrift voor Feministiche Antropologie (Journal of Women’s Studies in Anthropology / Feminist Anthropology), 26(2), pp. 3-23.
Perceptions of gender stratification Caplan, Pat. 1989. Perceptions of gender stratification. Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute, 59(2), pp. 106-208. ISSN 0001-9720
Cognatic Descent Groups on Mafia Island, Tanzania Caplan, Pat. 1969. Cognatic Descent Groups on Mafia Island, Tanzania. Man; a monthly record of anthropological science, 4(3), pp. 419-431. ISSN 0025-1496
Conference or Workshop Item
'Changing Swahili cultures in a globalising world: An approach from anthropology’ Caplan, Pat. 2009. ''Changing Swahili cultures in a globalising world: An approach from anthropology’'. In: ‘Cultural Dynamics of Pre-colonial and Colonial Swahili society’. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, Republic of 14-15th May 2009.