Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies (African Systems of Thought) - Tapa blanda

Herbert, Eugenia W.

 
9780253208330: Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies (African Systems of Thought)

Sinopsis

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.

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EUGENIA W. HERBERT is E. Nevius Rodman Professor of African History at Mount Holyoke College and author of Red Gold of Africa: Copper in Precolonial History and Culture.

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9780253327338: Iron, Gender and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies (African Systems of Thought)

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ISBN 10:  0253327334 ISBN 13:  9780253327338
Editorial: Indiana University Press, 1994
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