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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Originally the superficial ones were designed for travelers likely to happen upon secret ceremonies . ... no significant information is offered , but the neophyte must swear never to reveal any institutional secrets .
Originally the superficial ones were designed for travelers likely to happen upon secret ceremonies . ... no significant information is offered , but the neophyte must swear never to reveal any institutional secrets .
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The idea of secret expertise , “ trade secrets , ” gundow , provides a rationale . The Mande say that every significant activity and profession has its secret expertise . Some professions , such as farming , make their expertise quite ...
The idea of secret expertise , “ trade secrets , ” gundow , provides a rationale . The Mande say that every significant activity and profession has its secret expertise . Some professions , such as farming , make their expertise quite ...
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In my own experience , a basi , strictly speaking , is very much like an amulet ( sèbèn ) , except that it is likely to be larger and is often composed of exposed animal parts , or sizable pieces of animal hide rolled around secret ...
In my own experience , a basi , strictly speaking , is very much like an amulet ( sèbèn ) , except that it is likely to be larger and is often composed of exposed animal parts , or sizable pieces of animal hide rolled around secret ...
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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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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
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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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