The aesthetics of action : continuity and change in a West African town / Kris L. Hardin
1993, 1st edition. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #386859
ISBN: 1560982357
Physical description; 314 pp., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-314). Contents; 1. Aesthetics and Change. The Theoretical Framework. The Methodology. Structure into Action/Action into Structure. 2. The Regional Setting. Koidu. Eastern Kono and Kainkordu -- pt. I. Structure Into Action. 3. Identity in Time. History and Descent. Clan and Lineage Affiliation. Interpreting History and Affiliations. Descent and the Domestic Domain: The Developmental Cycle of Domestic Groups. Marriage. Children. Fissioning of Domestic Units. Middle and Old Age. Death and Burial. Conclusions. 4. Managing Subjectivity. Identity in Space. Personhood. Individuality. Emotions and the Body. Controlling Individuality. Conclusions. 5. Structure Into Action: The Aesthetics of Production. The Agricultural System. Cloth Production. Dance Performance. Redundancy and Pattern. Containment and Boundaries. Complementarity. Action. Redundancy, Contestation, and Change. 6. Structure Into Action: Categories of Production and Evaluation. The Categories of Production. Nyane. Gbuo Dia. Koo Che. Rights and Obligations in Productive Activities. Forms of Aesthetic Criticism. Conclusions -- pt. II. Action Into Structure. 7. Power, Authority, and the Importance of Action. Learning about Action and Authority. Managing Authority, Power, and Action. Conclusions. Subjects; Kono (Sierra Leonean people) Social life and customs. Aesthetics, Kono.
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