The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa" ... 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 45
Fire , after all , can be dangerous . Yet , in contrast to the sparks that fly in a blacksmith's forge , these sparks that landed on my hand and on the faces of my companions produced neither a burn nor any other uncomfortable sensation ...
Fire , after all , can be dangerous . Yet , in contrast to the sparks that fly in a blacksmith's forge , these sparks that landed on my hand and on the faces of my companions produced neither a burn nor any other uncomfortable sensation ...
الصفحة 46
a 8 10 ting fire can clamp it firmly between his teeth . Finally , the flammable substance is packed tightly into the horn . Now the user need only touch a match to the contents and place the device in his mouth , so that the narrow end ...
a 8 10 ting fire can clamp it firmly between his teeth . Finally , the flammable substance is packed tightly into the horn . Now the user need only touch a match to the contents and place the device in his mouth , so that the narrow end ...
الصفحة 120
62 And another ( Ill . 61J ) , called “ fame or fire of the sky , ” is applied to altars by heads of families before fields are prepared for planting as a petition for adequate rain . 63 Other factors support this possible ...
62 And another ( Ill . 61J ) , called “ fame or fire of the sky , ” is applied to altars by heads of families before fields are prepared for planting as a petition for adequate rain . 63 Other factors support this possible ...
ما يقوله الناس - كتابة مراجعة
لم نعثر على أي مراجعات في الأماكن المعتادة.
المحتوى
BLACKSMITHS IN MANDE SOCIETY | 1 |
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
حقوق النشر | |
5 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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