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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460819003321

Autore

Van Beek Walter E. A.

Titolo

The forge and the funeral : the Smith in Kapsiki/higi culture / / Walter E. A. Van Beek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-60917-453-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

African History and Culture

Disciplina

967.11

Soggetti

Kamwe (African people) - Cameroon - Social life and customs

Kamwe (African people) - Nigeria - Social life and customs

Blacksmiths - Mandara Mountains (Cameroon and Nigeria)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Language and Orthography -- Chapter 1. Smith, Skill, and the Senses -- Chapter 2. An African Enigma -- Chapter 3. The Internal Other -- Chapter 4. Hot Iron and Cool Pots -- Chapter 5. Yellow Wildness -- Chapter 6. Of Whistling Birds and Talking Crabs -- Chapter 7. Smith and Ritual -- Chapter 8. Masters of Healing -- Chapter 9. A Sense of Justice -- Chapter 10. The Smell of Death -- Chapter 11. Music and the Silence of the Smith -- Chapter 12. The Smith and the Power of Things -- Notes -- Glossary of Kapsiki Terms -- Glossary of Kapsiki Plant Names -- Bibliography -- Index.