{"product_id":"the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-9780253207982","title":"The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e . . . finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores. --American Ethnologist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading . . . --Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mande Blacksmith is an important book . . . sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough . . . --African Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published. --Ethnoarts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e . . . 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e . . . 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcNaughton . . . provides an important interpretation of these artists' conceptual place as members of a complex culture. --Religious Studies Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick McNaughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.14w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253207982","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39946299244659,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_720fc5b9-e607-4d86-8cfe-bdb17bfdd9c5.jpg?v=1648313376","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-9780253207982","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}