{"product_id":"the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-9780253207982","title":"The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patrick McNaughton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Africa - General\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading . . . \" --Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Mande Blacksmith is an important book . . . sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough . . . \" --African Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published.\" --Ethnoarts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McNaughton . . . provides an important interpretation of these artists' conceptual place as members of a complex culture.\" --Religious Studies Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46893524746391,"sku":"9780253207982","price":2876.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780253207982.webp?v=1770316927","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-mande-blacksmiths-knowledge-power-and-art-in-west-africa-9780253207982","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}