Patrick McNaughton

The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

" -Religious Studies ReviewExamining 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: INDIANA UNIV PR
• Midland Book
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 23mm x 16mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780253207982
• ISBN-10: 0253207983
• Artikelnr.: 23463790

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Note on Orthography
Acknowledgments
I. Blacksmiths in Mande Society
The Mande Social System
The Nyamakala Special Professionals
Nyamakala and the Smiths' Ambiguous Status
II. The Mande Smiths as Craftsmen
Techniques
Products
Articulation
III. Smiths and the Shape of Civilized Space
The Principles of Medicine and Sorcery
A Hierarchy of Practitioners
Rainmaking
Divination
Doctoring
Amulets and Secret Devices
Social Instrumentality
Circumcision
The Relative Roles of Blacksmiths and Hunters
IV. The Blacksmiths' Sculpture
The Character of Sculpture and the Other Roles of Smiths
The Smiths' Iron Art
Tamaw: Spear Blades
Fitinew: Iron Lamps
Negemusow and Negesotigiw: Iron Women and Iron Horse Masters
Komokunw: The Power Masks of the Mande Smiths
V. The Mande Smiths as Men of Means
The Problem of Explanations
The Unity of Enterprise
The Resolution of Movement
The Contradiction of Position
The Responsibility of Artists
Notes
Bibliography
Index