Iron, gender, and power : rituals of transformation in African societies /
Основен автор: | Herbert, Eugenia W. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
℗♭1993.
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Серия: |
African systems of thought.
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Iron, gender, and power. |
Съдържание:
- 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.