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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The Bamana who live in the Bèlèdougou region , for example , are quite different from those who live south of the Bani River , or around Ségou or San . The number of Bamana , Dyula , and Maninka dialects alone makes this quite clear .
The Bamana who live in the Bèlèdougou region , for example , are quite different from those who live south of the Bani River , or around Ségou or San . The number of Bamana , Dyula , and Maninka dialects alone makes this quite clear .
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Kalilou began calling out the names of standard drum rhythms used by the many ethnic groups that live in the region , and the smith played them all . Earlier , in 1973 , I watched a very young apprentice in Bamako play rhythms on clay ...
Kalilou began calling out the names of standard drum rhythms used by the many ethnic groups that live in the region , and the smith played them all . Earlier , in 1973 , I watched a very young apprentice in Bamako play rhythms on clay ...
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The art historian René Bravmann offers a solution with reference to a Mande ethnic group called the Ligbi , who live east of the Senufo in the area of Bondoukou . Here too are masks that relate to those used in the kòmò association ...
The art historian René Bravmann offers a solution with reference to a Mande ethnic group called the Ligbi , who live east of the Senufo in the area of Bondoukou . Here too are masks that relate to those used in the kòmò association ...
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المحتوى
BLACKSMITHS IN MANDE SOCIETY | 1 |
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
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| العنوان | The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa المجلد 798 من Midland books Traditional arts of Africa |
| المؤلف | Patrick R. McNaughton |
| الإصدار | مزود بصور توضيحية |
| الناشر | Indiana University Press, 1988 |
| أصلي من | جامعة ميتشيغان |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 13 أيلول (سبتمبر) 2008 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 025333683X, 9780253336835 |
| عدد الصفحات | 241 من الصفحات |
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