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 xvi
... believed , I gradually acquired the energies needed by someone who expected to spend much time in the intimate company of blacksmiths and their forges . I was not born a smith . But they made me resemble one closely enough to do my work ...
... believed , I gradually acquired the energies needed by someone who expected to spend much time in the intimate company of blacksmiths and their forges . I was not born a smith . But they made me resemble one closely enough to do my work ...
الصفحة 7
... believed to possess great reserves of this same power , and they are trained to manipulate it . Thus their songs become more than inspirational . They are instrumental . The power in them can inhabit an audi- ence and literally drive it ...
... believed to possess great reserves of this same power , and they are trained to manipulate it . Thus their songs become more than inspirational . They are instrumental . The power in them can inhabit an audi- ence and literally drive it ...
الصفحة 51
... believed by many to possess similar powers , and a kind of rivalry exists between them and the smiths . Especially in towns where the Muslim population is strong , a marabout may be called upon or , just as frequently , may volunteer ...
... believed by many to possess similar powers , and a kind of rivalry exists between them and the smiths . Especially in towns where the Muslim population is strong , a marabout may be called upon or , just as frequently , may volunteer ...
المحتوى
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
THE BLACKSMITHS SCULPTURE | 101 |
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