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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 HistoryHerbert 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 McNaughtonThis 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.
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Iron, Gender, and Power : Rituals of Transformation in African Societies African Systems of Thought
author
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Herbert, Eugenia W.
publisher
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Indiana University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0253208335
print isbn13
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9780253208330
ebook isbn13
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9780585019529
language
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English
subject
Industries, Primitive--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Rites and ceremonies--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Iron industry and trade--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Iron--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Folklore, Cosmology, African, Power (Social sciences) , Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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GN645.H43 1993eb
ddc
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303.3/72/096
subject
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Industries, Primitive--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Rites and ceremonies--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Iron industry and trade--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Iron--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Folklore, Cosmology, African, Power (Social sciences) , Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Iron, Gender, and Power
African Systems of Thought
GENERAL EDITORS Charles S. Bird Ivan Karp
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS James W. Fernandez Luc de Heusch John Middleton Roy Willis
IRON, GENDER, AND POWER
Rituals of Transformation in African Societies
EUGENIA W. HERBERT
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington and Indianapolis
1993 by Eugenia W. Herbert All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Herbert, Eugenia W. Iron, gender, and power : rituals of transformation in African societies / Eugenia W. Herbert. p. cm.(African systems of thought) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-253-32733-4 (cloth : alk. paper).ISBN 0-253-20833-5 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Industries, PrimitiveAfrica, Sub-Saharan. 2. Rites and ceremoniesAfrica, Sub-Saharan. 3. Iron industry and tradeAfrica, Sub-Saharan. 4. IronAfrica, Sub-SaharanFolklore. 5. Cosmology, African. 6. Power (Social sciences) 7. Sex roleAfrica, Sub-Saharan. I. Title. II. Series. GN645.H43 1993 303.3'72'096dc20 93-16102 1 2 3 4 5 97 96 95 94 93
CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Introduction: Techniques and Cosmology
1
PART ONE: Those Who Play with Fire: African Metallurgy as Epic Drama
1.
The Actors and the Artifacts
25
2.
Rituals of Transformation and Procreation
55
3.
Rituals of Transformation: Exclusions and Taboos
78
4.
The Smith and the Forge
97
5.
Ironmaking and Belief
115
PART TWO: Symmetries and Asymmetries: Power and Fertility
6.
Le Roi-Forgeron
131
7.
Of Forests and Furnaces, Anvils and Antelopes
164
8.
Potters and Pots
200
Conclusion: Anthropomorphism and the Genderization of Power
219
Appendix: Reconstructions of Iron Smelting in Africa
239
Bibliography
241
Index
271
MAPS
Map 1.
Most frequently cited ethnic groups
xiv
Map 2.
Iron smelting sites identified in sub-Saharan Africa
7
Map 3.
Historic distribution of natural-draft, vertical-tuyere, and slag-tapping bowl furnaces (Killick 1991b)
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