| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) : illustrations, map |
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African systems of thought |
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African systems of thought.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Herbert relates the beliefs and practices associated with iron working in African cultures to other transformative activities--chiefly investiture, hunting, and pottery making--to propose a gender/age-based theory of power Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-270) and index |
| Notes |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Online resource; title from ebookviewer title page (EBSCOhost, viewed February 24, 2021) |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Industries -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Rites and ceremonies -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Iron industry and trade -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Iron -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Folklore
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Cosmology, African.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Sex role -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Iron -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Folklore
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Industries
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Cosmology, African
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Iron
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Iron industry and trade
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Power (Social sciences)
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Rites and ceremonies
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Sex role
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IJzerbereiding.
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Riten.
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Sekserol.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Folklore
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780585019529 |
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0585019525 |
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