9780253208330 - Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies (African Systems of Thought) von Herbert, Eugenia W. (13 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. 1994. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

8vo. pp xii, 277. Original publisher's illustrated wraps, lettered black and white on the front cover. Illustrated throughout. ISBN: 0253208335 About fine.

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Midland Book; 833. XII; 277 Seiten; Illustr.; graph. Darst.; 23,5 cm; kart. Gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - Mit illustr. Einband. - Aus der Afrika-Bibliothek von Dr. Hans-Joachim Koloß, vormals Völkerkundemuseum Berlin (ohne Namensnennung). - EUGENIA W. HERBERT is E. Nevius Rodman Professor of African History at Mount Holyoke College . / Eugenia W. Herbert presents African ironworking as an encapsulation of fundamental beliefs about transformation. With metallurgy as a model, the author extends these beliefs to other transformative activities (such as hunting, pottery making, and the investiture of chiefs) to propose a theory of power constructed along the twin axes of gender and age. Part 1 examines ironworking in a range of African societies in order to identify the core elements of belief as they are demonstrated in actual practice. Part 2 extends this model to chiefly investiture and hunting, both male-dominated. Herbert argues that these activities reveal the same underlying notions of power based on control of male and female reproductivity. In contrast, pottery making, usually a women's activity, is shown to be much less ritualized and to confer much less power on its practitioners. Generously illustrated and accessibly written, this book will have wide appeal to readers interested in questions of technology, gender, and culture. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Preface ------ Introduction: Techniques and Cosmology ------ PART ONE : Those Who Play with Fire: African Metallurgy as Epic Drama ------ The Actors and the Artifacts ------ Rituals of Transformation and Procreation ------ Rituals of Transformation: Exclusions and Taboos ------ The Smith and the Forge ------ Ironmaking and Relief ------ PART TWO: Symmetries and Asymmetries: Power and Fertility ------ Le Roi-Forgeron ------ Of Forests and Furnaces, Anvils and Antelopes ------ Potters and Pots ------ Conclusion: Anthropomorphism and the Genderization of Power ------ Appendix: Reconstructions of Iron Smelting in Africa ------ Bibliography ------ Index. ISBN 0253208335 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.

Zustand: New. Explores the analogy between metallurgy and human reproduction as expressed in African beliefs about processes of transformation, gender, and power. This work appeals to readers interested in questions of technology, gender, and culture.&Uumlber de.

Softcover/Paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. xii, 277 S., 24x16 cm OBroschur, kart. Einige s/w Ill. Kanten leicht berieben/bestoßen; Besitzereintrag auf Vortitel, sonst sauber und fest; sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 505.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ' -International Journal of African Historical Studies 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.