ISBN:
0253208335
,
0253327334
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0585019525
,
9780585019529
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 277 pages)
Series Statement:
African systems of thought
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.3/72/096
Keywords:
Ritos y ceremonias / Africa, Sur del Sahara
;
Hierro / Industria y comercio / Africa, Sur del Sahara
;
Hierro / Africa, Sur del Sahara / Folklore
;
Cosmología africana
;
Poder (Ciencias sociales)
;
Sexos, Papel de los / Africa, Sur del Sahara
;
Industries primitives / Afrique noire
;
Rites et cérémonies / Afrique noire
;
Fer / Industrie et commerce / Afrique noire
;
Fer / Afrique noire / Folklore
;
Cosmologie africaine
;
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
;
Rôle selon le sexe / Afrique noire
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Cosmology, African
;
Industries, Primitive
;
Iron
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Iron industry and trade
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Sex role
;
IJzerbereiding
;
Riten
;
Sekserol
;
Industries, Primitive
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Iron industry and trade
;
Iron Folklore
;
Cosmology, African
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Sex role
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Eisenverarbeitung
;
Metallurgie
;
Macht
;
Geschichte
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Macht
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Metallurgie
;
Geschichte
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Eisenverarbeitung
;
Geschichte
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-270) and index
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Introduction: Techniques and Cosmology -- pt. 1. Those Who Play with Fire: African Metallurgy as Epic Drama. 1. The Actors and the Artifacts. 2. Rituals of Transformation and Procreation. 3. Rituals of Transformation: Exclusions and Taboos. 4. The Smith and the Forge. 5. Ironmaking and Belief -- pt. 2. Symmetrics and Asymmetries: Power and Fertility. 6. Le Roi-Forgeron. 7. Of Forests and Furnaces, Anvils and Antelopes. 8. Potters and Pots. Conclusion: Anthropomorphism and the Genderization of Power -- Appendix: Reconstructions of Iron Smelting in Africa
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