| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 369 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
African systems of thought |
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African systems of thought.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Technological style and the making of culture -- Magical iron technology in the Cameroon Grassfields -- When nomads settle -- Ceramics from the Upemba Depression -- Objects and people -- pt. 2. Sticks, self, and society in Booran Oromo -- Material narratives and the negotiation of identities through objects in Malian theatre -- The consumption of an African modernity -- Household objects and the philosophy of Igbo social space -- Hoes and clothes in a Luo household -- pt. 3. The passive object and the tribal paradigm -- Art, politics and the transformation of meaning -- Mami Wata shrines -- Zaïrian popular painting as commodity and as communication |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Art objects, African.
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Material culture -- Africa.
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Philosophy, African.
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Africa -- Social life and customs.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Arnoldi, Mary Jo.
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Geary, Christraud M.
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Hardin, Kris L.
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| ISBN |
0253210372 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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0253330009 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0585027846 (electronic bk.) |
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9780253210371 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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9780253330000 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780585027845 (electronic bk.) |
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