Neighbors, Strangers, Witches, and Culture-Heroes Ritual Powers of Smith/Artisans in Tuareg Society and Beyond

Name: Neighbors, Strangers, Witches, and Culture-Heroes Ritual Powers of Smith/Artisans in Tuareg Society and Beyond
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ISBN: 9780761861485

ISBN-10: 0761861483

ISBN-13: 9780761861485

Edition: 2013

Authors: Susan Rasmussen

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This book examines alleged superhuman powers predominantly associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, symbols surrounding their art, and changing relationships between these specialists and their patrons. Needed but also feared, these smith/artisans work in traditionally hereditary occupations and in stratified but negotiable relationships with their rural patron families. Many of them now also work for new customers in an expanding market economy, which is still characterized by personal, face-to-face interactions. Rasmussen maintains that a framework integrating anthropological theories of witchcraft, alterity,…

Book details

List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/24/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Size: 6.24" wide x 9.39" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Tezma Power and Tuareg Inaden Smith/Artisans



Inaden Origins, Histories, and Professional Practices



Powers, Tensions, and Mediations



Q 'alb Power and Amhara Buda/Tayb Smith/Artisans



Echar Power and Bidan M'Allemin Smith/Artisans



Beshengu Power and Kapsiki Rerlie Smith/Artisans



Nyama Power and Mande Nyamakala Smith/Artisans


Conclusions


Bibliography


Author Biography