Smashing pots : feats of clay from Africa

著者

• Barley, Nigel
• British Museum. Trustees

書誌事項

Smashing pots : feats of clay from Africa

Nigel Barley

published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, c1994

注記

Bibliography: p. {161}-165

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The making and breaking of pots is a central ritual in African society. To smash a pot is to mark the end of something, whether virginity, incest or life itself. In "Smashing Pots", Nigel Barley surveys the role of pottery in traditional and modern Africa, the technologies it calls into play and the extraordinary aesthetic effects it achieves. He shows how pottery is used in cultural thought and how it reflects, in Africa, important ways of thinking about human bodies and powers, time and change. Pottery enters into religion and medicine, the structuring of sexuality and the control of fertility, and through it important differences emerge between European and African notions of gender. Illustrated with field photographs and pots from the British Museum's unsurpassed collection, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to African pottery.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA27912027
• ISBN:
  • 071412513X
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: 168 p.
• 大きさ: 28 cm
• 分類:
  • DC20 : 738.096
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Pottery, African -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Pottery -- Africa, Sub-Saharan