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African material culture. edited by Mary Jo Arnoldi, Christraud M. Geary & Kris L. Hardin

Arnoldi, Mary Jo Geary, Christraud M Hardin, Kris L c1996

Available at 33MQB MQB Magasin (A 39637 )

Title:
African material culture. edited by Mary Jo Arnoldi, Christraud M. Geary & Kris L. Hardin
Author: Arnoldi, Mary Jo;
Geary, Christraud M;
Hardin, Kris L
Subjects: Material culture -- Africa;
Art objects, African;
Philosophy, African;
Culture matérielle -- Afrique noire;
Objets d'art africains;
Africa -- Social life and customs;
Afrique noire -- Moeurs et coutumes
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Technological style and the making of culture Magical iron technology in the Cameroon Grassfields When nomads settle Ceramics from the Upemba Depression Ojbects 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
Related Titles: Series: African systems of thought
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1996
Creation Date: c1996
Format: xii, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Language: English

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