This book examines alleged "superhuman" powers associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, and changing relationships between specialists and patrons.
This book examines alleged "superhuman" powers associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, and changing relationships between specialists and patrons.
Susan Rasmussen is professor of anthropology in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Houston. Her interests include anthropology of religion, medico-ritual healing and healing specialists, gender, and aging and the life course. She is also interested in rural and urban artisans, verbal art performance, ethnographic analysis, culture theory, and African humanities. She has published four books and many articles based on data from her long-term field research in Tuareg communities of northern Niger and Mali, and more briefly among Tuareg and other Berber (Amazigh) expatriates, immigrants, and travelers in France and the United States.
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Tezma Power and Tuareg Inaden Smith Artisans Chapter 2 Inaden Origins, Histories, and Professional Practices Chapter 3 Powers, Tensions, and Mediations Chapter 4 Q'alb Power and Amhara Buda Tayb Smith Artisans Chapter 5 Echar Power and Bidan M'Allemin Smith Artisans Chapter 6 Beshengu Power and Kapsiki Rerhe Smith Artisans Chapter 7 Nyama Power and Mande Nyamakala Smith Artisans Conclusions Bibliography Index Author Biography
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Tezma Power and Tuareg Inaden Smith Artisans Chapter 2 Inaden Origins, Histories, and Professional Practices Chapter 3 Powers, Tensions, and Mediations Chapter 4 Q'alb Power and Amhara Buda Tayb Smith Artisans Chapter 5 Echar Power and Bidan M'Allemin Smith Artisans Chapter 6 Beshengu Power and Kapsiki Rerhe Smith Artisans Chapter 7 Nyama Power and Mande Nyamakala Smith Artisans Conclusions Bibliography Index Author Biography
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