The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West AfricaIndiana University Press, 1988 - 241 من الصفحات " ... Finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores." American Ethnologist "The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading ..." Choice "The Mande Blacksmith is an important book ... sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough ..." African Arts "McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published." Ethnoarts " ... penetrating ... McNaughton boldly grapples with the thorniest issues related to his subject and articulates them with clarity and precision." International Journal of African Historical Studies " ... a work in the best tradition of ethnographic research ... critical reappraisal, innovative inquiry, and fresh observation ... make this book an invaluable fund of new material on Mande societies ..." American Anthropologist "McNaughton ... provides an important interpretation of these artists' conceptual place as members of a complex culture." Religious Studies Review Examining the artistic, technological, social, and spiritual dimensions of Mande blacksmiths, who are the sculptors of their society, McNaughton defines these artists conceptual place as extraordinary members of a complex culture. |
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الصفحة 206
... Imperato 1977a : 203-206 and Harley 1941a . Ouologuem 1968 : 169–171 refers to the use of trained serpents and to techniques of training poisonous serpents to kill specific people through a conditioning program that involves stimuli of ...
... Imperato 1977a : 203-206 and Harley 1941a . Ouologuem 1968 : 169–171 refers to the use of trained serpents and to techniques of training poisonous serpents to kill specific people through a conditioning program that involves stimuli of ...
الصفحة 210
... Imperato and Shamir 1970 : 40 . 56. Dieterlen and Cissé 1972 : 123 . 57. Ibid . , 127 . 58. Ibid . , 170 . 59. Ibid . , 159 . 60. Ibid . , 134 . 61. Ibid . , 117 . 62. Ibid . , 156 . 63. Ibid . , 153 . 64. Pascal James Imperato ...
... Imperato and Shamir 1970 : 40 . 56. Dieterlen and Cissé 1972 : 123 . 57. Ibid . , 127 . 58. Ibid . , 170 . 59. Ibid . , 159 . 60. Ibid . , 134 . 61. Ibid . , 117 . 62. Ibid . , 156 . 63. Ibid . , 153 . 64. Pascal James Imperato ...
الصفحة 211
... Imperato 1983 : 45 . He also says they are called sono , a name normally associ- ated with the more westerly regions of the Mande diaspora . 80. Ezra 1983 : 40 and 1986 : 9 and Pâques 1956 : 375 . Imperato 1983 : 45 notes that similar ...
... Imperato 1983 : 45 . He also says they are called sono , a name normally associ- ated with the more westerly regions of the Mande diaspora . 80. Ezra 1983 : 40 and 1986 : 9 and Pâques 1956 : 375 . Imperato 1983 : 45 notes that similar ...
المحتوى
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
THE BLACKSMITHS SCULPTURE | 101 |
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adze African amulets animal articulation Bamako Bamana Bambara Bani River bards become bellows bird masquerade blacksmiths blade Bougouni called caste Charles Bird circumcision Cissé clans considered culture cups daliluw dance dangerous Dieterlen Dioila divination Dogon door locks Dunbiya Dyula energy example Fula groups hammer head herbal horns human hunters Imperato initiation association Interview iron figure iron lamps iron staffs Kaarta Kalilou Tera kind knife knowledge kòmò masks Magan Fane Mali Empire Malinké Mande language Mande sculpture Mande smiths Maninka Markala mask wearer means Monteil nyama nyamakala occult performance personal communication Photo Photograph by Jeffrey piece PLATE possess praise sculpted secret Sedu Traore Sedu's Ségou Ségou region Sekuba Camara Senufo Seydou Camara shaft shape Sidi Ballo slaves smelting snake song Soninke sorcery spear Sumanguru Kante Sunjata supernatural symbolize techniques things tion town traditional types Western Wolin wood Zahan