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Robert Brain (3) (1933–)

Author of The Decorated Body

For other authors named Robert Brain, see the disambiguation page.

11+ Works 122 Members

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Image credit: Robert Brain, Needleman

Works by Robert Brain

The Decorated Body (1979) 52 copies

Friends and Lovers (1976) 22 copies

Art and Society in Africa (1980) 12 copies

Into the Primitive Environment (1972) 11 copies

The Last Primitive Peoples (1976) 9 copies

Bangwa funerary sculpture (Art and society series) (1971) 8 copies

Kolonialagent (1977) 3 copies

Rites, black and white (1979) 2 copies

The tribal impulse: A new look at traditional communities (1976) 1 copy

Bangwa kinship and marriage (1972) 1 copy

Keerpunten in ons leefmilieu 1 copy

Associated Works

Maigret's First Case (1953) — Translator, some editions — 551 copies, 14 reviews

Maigret and the Old Lady (1950) — Translator, some editions — 470 copies, 12 reviews

Maigret in Court (1961) — Translator, some editions — 439 copies, 11 reviews

Maigret Takes a Room (1951) — Translator, some editions — 396 copies, 10 reviews

A General Theory of Magic (1902) — Translator, some editions — 283 copies, 3 reviews

Striptease (1958) — Translator, some editions — 133 copies, 5 reviews

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Africa (5) African (3) African Art (2) African Art & Culture (2) african native culture (1) anthropology (12) Anthropology of Art (1) art (8) Asia (1) body modification (3) Cameroon (4) Central Asia (1) Cube 46 (1) cultural identity (1) culture (4) death (2) fashion (2) GN (2) history (2) Melanesia (1) Micronesia (1) Nigeria (1) non-fiction (3) piercing (2) sculpture (2) social anthropology (2) tattoo (3) tattoos (4) to-read (2) West Africa (1)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1933
Gender: male
Occupations: anthropologist
translator
Nationality: Australia
Birthplace: Tasmania

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Kolonialagent (1977)

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Works: 11
Also by: 6
Members: 122
Popularity: #163,288
Rating: ½ 3.6

ISBNs: 26
Languages: 2

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