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 15
It is the force the Mande call nyama , which I refer to as special energy or occult power , and which most Westerners would consider supernatural . The Mande , in contrast , are inclinded to see it as both natural and mystical , and as ...
It is the force the Mande call nyama , which I refer to as special energy or occult power , and which most Westerners would consider supernatural . The Mande , in contrast , are inclinded to see it as both natural and mystical , and as ...
الصفحة 16
Thus , hunters must possess large stores of nyama and be capable of dealing with equally massive amounts when animals are killed and the life force flows from them . This is one reason why the best hunters have prowess as sorcerers .
Thus , hunters must possess large stores of nyama and be capable of dealing with equally massive amounts when animals are killed and the life force flows from them . This is one reason why the best hunters have prowess as sorcerers .
الصفحة 17
Much of the scholarly literature describes it as an awesome force to be feared and forever guarded against , and the word vengeance is frequently used to relate its effects . Monteil calls it a force that involves itself in vengeance ...
Much of the scholarly literature describes it as an awesome force to be feared and forever guarded against , and the word vengeance is frequently used to relate its effects . Monteil calls it a force that involves itself in vengeance ...
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المحتوى
BLACKSMITHS IN MANDE SOCIETY | 1 |
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
حقوق النشر | |
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
acquire activities African amulets animal articulation association Bamako Bamana bards become believed Bird blacksmiths blade called Camara carry carved caste circumcision clans collection communication considered create culture cups daliluw dance dangerous described divination effect energy example fact figures fire force forge frequently groups hammer hand handle head Henry horns human hunters important individuals initiation Interview involves iron kind knowledge kòmò kòmò masks lamps live Mali Mande master materials means medicine mouth names natural noted nyama objects performance Photograph piece PLATE possess practice praise present protect referred region sculpture secret Sedu Traore serve shaft shape smelting smiths social society sometimes song sorcery spear spirits staffs suggests symbolize techniques things tion town traditional types West Western wood young