The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa (Traditional Arts of Africa)
McNaughton, Patrick
ISBN 10: 0253207983 ISBN 13: 9780253207982
Edité par Indiana University Press, 1993
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The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers. N° de réf. du vendeur BSM.11DZ6
Synopsis :
" . . . 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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Titre : The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and...
Éditeur : Indiana University Press
Date d'édition : 1993
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : acceptable