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The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa by Patrick McNaughton (Paperback, 1993)

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. . . 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-13
9780253207982
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96181993

Product Key Features

Book Title
The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa
Author
Patrick Mcnaughton
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Social Sciences, History
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
481g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Patrick Mcnaughton
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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