Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies

ISBN-13: 9780253208330 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 278 str.

Eugenia W. Herbert

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" Herbert] has constructed a model of power relationships structured upon gender and age, and derived from male transformative processes, and in so doing has written a notable, and most enjoyable, book." --African History"Herbert examines with great care and thoroughness the relationships between gender and power and the rationales that give them social form.... Her] analytical ability is outstanding." --Patrick McNaughton"This book is a well-written and essential study of the place of belief in African material culture." --International Journal of African Historical Studies Herbert relates the beliefs and practices associated with iron working in African cultures to other transformative activities--chiefly investiture, hunting, and pottery making--to propose a gender/age-based theory of power.