"Bis vor Kurzem hätte man das Buch von Reinhold Niebuhr als zeitgeschichtliches Dokument aus dem Kalten Krieg gelesen. Doch weit gefehlt: Die Krise der Gegenwart zeigt, dass die reine Lehre der sozialen Konstruktion nicht funktioniert, wenn sie die Beschränkungen einer realistischen Anthropologie nicht berücksichtigt..."

"Dieses Buch lohnt sich deshalb zum Wiederlesen, weil etliche der Thesen Barbers sich in den letzten Jahren eindrucksvoll bewahrheitet haben. Der bekannte US-amerikanische Politikwissenschaftler, der an der Rutgers University lehrte und nun an der University of Maryland tätig ist, bewies eine nahezu prophetische Gabe..."

book review of Xavier Garnier's "The Swahili novel. The notion of \'minor literature' put to the test" (2006)

Book Review of: Johannes Fabian (ed.), History from below. The vocabulary of Elisabethville. By Andre Yav. Text, Translations and interpretive essay (Creole Language Library, Vol.7). Edited, translated and commented by Johannes Fabian with assistance from Kalundi Mango. With linguistic notes by W. Schicho. Amsterdam- Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1990. 236 pp. Review of Noel-Jacques Gueunier (ed.), La chroniques Swahilie du Cad/Umari de Mayotte. Edition critique. (Recherches et Documents, 2).(Madagascar\'): Etablissement d\'Enseignement Superieur des Lettres (CEDRATOM),1989.

Book Review of Ernst Dammann, Afrikanische Handschriften, Teil 1 - Handschriften in Swahili und anderen Sprachen Afrikas

Book Review: Mirza, Sarah & Margaret Strobel (ed.) 1989. Three Swahili Women. Life Histories from Mombasa. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. and Mirza, Sarah & Margaret Strobel (ed.) 1989. Wanawake watatu wa Kiswahili hadithi za maisha kutoka Mombasa, Kenya. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.

A book review of `Zanzibar: Kinyang`anyiro na utumwa´by Issa Nasser Issa AI-Ismaily (1999).

A book review of `Ebrahim Hussein. Theatre Swahili et nationalisme Tanzanien´(1998) by Alain Ricard.

A book review of `Bukusu tales. Collected arround 1936 by research assistant of Dr. Gunter Wagner (1908-1952).´(1995) by Jan J. de Wolf.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O presente trabalho, que se insere na Ãrea da LingÃÃstica de Texto, teve como objetivo geral discutir a relaÃÃo gÃnero (resenha) e comunidade (jornalÃstica) a partir da anÃlise das categorias propÃsito comunicativo e avaliaÃÃo. Para a realizaÃÃo deste objetivo, utilizamos o suporte teÃrico da Ãrea de AnÃlise de GÃneros (SWALES, 1990, 1992, 1993; BAKHTIN, 1990, 1997, 2002), da RetÃrica (MILLER, 1994a, 1994b), do sistema da Avaliatividade (MARTIN, 2003; MARTIN, WHITE, 2008) e da noÃÃo de campo de Bourdieu (1997, 2005) que se insere na Ãrea da Sociologia. Mediante a anÃlise de 94 (noventa e quatro) resenhas publicadas em jornais e revistas brasileiras, 15 (quinze) entrevistas com os resenhistas e 06 (seis) questionÃrios com leitores especializados, realizamos uma pesquisa de natureza quantitativa e qualitativa no que concerne ao estudo do propÃsito comunicativo e qualitativa no que se refere ao estudo da avaliaÃÃo. Esse empreendimento teÃrico-metodolÃgico foi realizado em trÃs etapas: a elaboraÃÃo de um esboÃo para a noÃÃo de comunidade jornalÃstica, a identificaÃÃo de um padrÃo retÃrico, de natureza heurÃstica, e a descriÃÃo de uma chave dos padrÃes avaliativos das resenhas nÃo-acadÃmicas. Para a construÃÃo da noÃÃo de comunidade jornalÃstica mobilizamos as condiÃÃes especÃficas da esfera de atividade humana, segundo a conceituaÃÃo de Bakhtin (1990, 1997, 2002), as forÃas centrÃpetas e centrÃfugas da comunidade retÃrica, segundo o entendimento de Miller (1994a, 1994b), o conjunto perceptÃvel de objetivos e uma seleÃÃo de gÃneros utilizados pela comunidade discursiva, de acordo com a proposta de Swales (1990, 1992, 1993), as coerÃÃes internas e as posiÃÃes das instituiÃÃes e dos agentes no campo jornalÃstico definidos por Bourdieu (1997, 2005). O estudo do propÃsito comunicativo indicou a presenÃa de propÃsitos especÃficos (âapresentar o autorâ e âavaliar o autorâ), alÃm dos que sÃo ordinariamente conduzidos em resenhas acadÃmicas. Observamos tambem um conjunto de movimentos retÃricos especÃficos. O estudo da avaliaÃÃo revelou uma maior freqÃÃncia da ApreciaÃÃo da obra do que Julgamento do autor, uma baixa freqÃÃncia da categoria Afeto e a realizaÃÃo de todas as variÃveis da categoria Engajamento. Esses resultados nos permitem afirmar que os propÃsitos comunicativos e a avaliaÃÃo em resenhas nÃo-acadÃmicas sÃo afetados pelas condiÃÃes de produÃÃo da comunidade jornalÃstica. / Situated in the field of Text Linguistics, this study aims to discuss the overall relationship between genre,(specifically book reviews,) and community (specifically the journalistic one), throught the analysis of communicative purpose and appraisal categories. In order to achieve this objective, I used the theoretical background of Genre analysis theory (SWALES, 1990, 1992, 1993; BAKHTIN, 1990, 1997, 2002), Rhetorics (MILLER, 1994a, 1994b), the Appraisal system (MARTIN, 2003; MARTIN, WHITE, 2008), and of Pierre Bourdieuâs (1997, 2005) notion of field, related to the area of Sociology. On examining a total of 94 (ninety four) book reviews in Brazilian newspapers and magazines, 15 (fifteen) interviews with reviewers, and 06 (six) questionnaires applied to specialist readers, I first conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses, regarding the study of communicative purpose, and then a qualitative analysis, with regard to the study of appraisal. This theoretical and methodological development was carried out in three steps: preparing an outline for the notion of journalistic community, the identification of a rhetorical standard, heuristic in nature, and the description of a key for the appraisal patterns of the non-academic reviews. To produce the notion of the journalistic community I mobilized the specific conditions of the sphere of human activity, according to Bakhtin (1990, 1997, 2002), the centripetal and centrifugal forces of the rhetoric community, according to Miller (1994a, 1994b), the perceptible set of objectives and a selection of genres used in the discourse community, as suggested by Swales (1990, 1992, 1993), and the internal coertions and positions of the agents in the journalistic field, according to Bourdieu (1997, 2005). The study of the communicative purpose indicated the presence of specific purposes (âpresenting the authorâ and âevaluating the authorâ), other than those usually conducted in academic book reviews. A set of specific rhetorical moves was also observed. The study of appraisal revealed a higher frequency of Appraisal of the book than of Judgement of the author, a low frequency of the category Affect, and manifestation of all the variables of the category Engagement. These results suggest that communicative purposes and appraisal in non-academic book reviews are affected by production conditions of the journalistic community.