The forge and the funeral : the Smith in Kapsiki/higi culture / / Walter E. A. Van Beek
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Van Beek Walter E. A.
|
| Titolo: |
The forge and the funeral : the Smith in Kapsiki/higi culture / / Walter E. A. Van Beek
|
| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 967.11 |
| Soggetto topico: | Kamwe (African people) - Cameroon - Social life and customs |
| Kamwe (African people) - Nigeria - Social life and customs | |
| Blacksmiths - Mandara Mountains (Cameroon and Nigeria) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The forge and the funeral |
| ISBN: | 1-60917-453-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460819003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
African history and culture.