{"product_id":"the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-paperback","title":"The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick McNaughton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading . . . \" --Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Mande Blacksmith is an important book . . . sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough . . . \" --African Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"McNaughton'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\u003e\"McNaughton . . . 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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.19 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611047850291,"sku":"9780253207982","price":50.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Rm5pSFh3b3ZkT3R4SkpmQVdkRFhJZz09.webp?v=1761832393","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}