African material culture - Arnoldi, Mary Jo.; Geary, Christraud M.; Hardin, Kris L. (Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1996)
pt. 1. Technological style and the making of culture -- Magical iron technology in the Cameroon Grassfields -- When nomads settle -- Ceramics from the Upemba Depression -- Objects and people -- pt. 2. Sticks, self, and society in Booran Oromo -- Material narratives and the negotiation of identities through objects in Malian theatre -- The consumption of an African modernity -- Household objects and the philosophy of Igbo social space -- Hoes and clothes in a Luo household -- pt. 3. The passive object and the tribal paradigm -- Art, politics and the transformation of meaning -- Mami Wata shrines -- Zaïrian popular painting as commodity and as communication.
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Keywords: Material culture -- Africa; Art objects, African; Philosophy, African; Africa -- Social life and customs; Culture matérielle -- Afrique; Objets d'art africains; Philosophie africaine; Afrique -- Mœurs et coutumes; Africa; 1988.; material culture; conference papers (form); 73.20 technological conditions of existence: general (ethnology); SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Art objects, African; Manners and customs; Material culture; Philosophy, African; Africa; Kunstwerk; Philosophie; Sachkultur; Afrika; Materiële cultuur; Ethnic & Race Studies; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences; 73.20 technological conditions of existence: general (ethnology); Culture matérielle -- Afrique noire; Objets d'art africains; Afrique noire -- Moeurs et coutumes; culture matérielle -- Afrique -- congrès.; Bellagio <1988>