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 68
With him may be another smith who assists and , generally , community elders and membes of two important initiation associations , the kòmò and nama . Young men from the last group to be circumcised may also be present to observe and ...
With him may be another smith who assists and , generally , community elders and membes of two important initiation associations , the kòmò and nama . Young men from the last group to be circumcised may also be present to observe and ...
الصفحة 125
In days of war , horses were tremendously important ; the power of Sunjata's cavalry , often alluded to in most versions of his epic , leaves that fact in little doubt . So , too , explorers such as Gray and Park noted that the ...
In days of war , horses were tremendously important ; the power of Sunjata's cavalry , often alluded to in most versions of his epic , leaves that fact in little doubt . So , too , explorers such as Gray and Park noted that the ...
الصفحة 130
These men earn their position but bear it as a responsibility , for they place important natural and supernatural resources at the service of their community . Each kòmò mask wearer is a focal point for these invaluable resources ...
These men earn their position but bear it as a responsibility , for they place important natural and supernatural resources at the service of their community . Each kòmò mask wearer is a focal point for these invaluable resources ...
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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 | |
5 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة
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