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 35
It does double duty , being not only light enough to serve effectively as a utility ax but also heavy and well - balanced enough to serve as a club . Unlike most tools smiths make , this ax employs a socket mount .
It does double duty , being not only light enough to serve effectively as a utility ax but also heavy and well - balanced enough to serve as a club . Unlike most tools smiths make , this ax employs a socket mount .
الصفحة 65
Thus , blacksmiths serve as advisers and interpreters , financial and social intermediaries , judges , spokesmen , and witnesses . As intermediaries they may be called upon to monitor obligations that have been established between ...
Thus , blacksmiths serve as advisers and interpreters , financial and social intermediaries , judges , spokesmen , and witnesses . As intermediaries they may be called upon to monitor obligations that have been established between ...
الصفحة 129
Portuguese vessels served as the middle link in this trade , and historical evidence suggests that on one voyage they carried a number of bronze and iron pieces as gifts to the kings of Ro - Ponka . The latter preserved them into the ...
Portuguese vessels served as the middle link in this trade , and historical evidence suggests that on one voyage they carried a number of bronze and iron pieces as gifts to the kings of Ro - Ponka . The latter preserved them into the ...
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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
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