Iron, gender, and power : rituals of transformation in African societies /

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herbert, Eugenia W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [1993]
Colección:African systems of thought.
Temas:
Industries > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Rites and ceremonies > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Iron industry and trade > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Iron > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Folklore.
Cosmology, African.
Power (Social sciences)
Sex role > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Rites et cérémonies > Afrique subsaharienne.
Fer > Industrie et commerce > Afrique subsaharienne.
Fer > Afrique subsaharienne > Folklore.
Cosmologie africaine.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
Rôle selon le sexe > Afrique subsaharienne.
Industrie > Afrique subsaharienne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Industries
Cosmology, African
Iron
Iron industry and trade
Rites and ceremonies
Sex role
IJzerbereiding.
Riten.
Sekserol.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Electronic books.
Folklore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Techniques and Cosmology
  • pt. 1. Those Who Play with Fire: African Metallurgy as Epic Drama. 1. The Actors and the Artifacts. 2. Rituals of Transformation and Procreation. 3. Rituals of Transformation: Exclusions and Taboos. 4. The Smith and the Forge. 5. Ironmaking and Belief
  • pt. 2. Symmetrics and Asymmetries: Power and Fertility. 6. Le Roi-Forgeron. 7. Of Forests and Furnaces, Anvils and Antelopes. 8. Potters and Pots. Conclusion: Anthropomorphism and the Genderization of Power
  • Appendix: Reconstructions of Iron Smelting in Africa.

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