{"product_id":"the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-traditional-arts-of-africa-0253207983","title":"The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa (Traditional Arts of Africa)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0253207983\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e McNaughton, Patrick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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\"The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading . . . \" -Choice\"The Mande Blacksmith is an important book . . . sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough . . . \" -African Arts\"McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published.\" -Ethnoarts\" . . . 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\" . . . 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\"McNaughton . . . provides an important interpretation of these artists' conceptual place as members of a complex culture.\" -Religious Studies ReviewExamining 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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51707404288288,"sku":"NEW0253207983","price":27.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61NpUlJnA7L.jpg?v=1779393239","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-traditional-arts-of-africa-0253207983","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}