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020			_a0253058996 _q(paperback)
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100	1		_aFrank, Barbara E.,
245	1	0	_aGriot potters of the Folona : _bthe history of an African ceramic tradition / _cBarbara E. Frank.
264		1	_aBloomington, Indiana : _bIndiana University Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021
300			_axvii, 506 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; _c24 cm.
336			_acartographic image _bcri _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aAfrican expressive cultures
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 463-485) and index.
505	0		_aNote on Orthography -- Marks of Identity : Heritage Matters -- Identity Matters : Griot Potters and Their Clients in the Folona -- Mapping Identities : Potters and Their Husbands -- Technology Matters : Making Pots in the Folona -- Mapping Styles of Technology : Chaînes Opératoires -- Objects Matter : Pots and Their Contexts in the Folona -- Mapping Pots : Function, Form, Design, and Distribution -- Alternative Histories.
520	8		_a"Griot Potters of the Folona reconstructs the past of a particular group of West African women potters using evidence found in their artistry and techniques. The potters of the Folona region of southeastern Mali serve a diverse clientele and firing thousands of pots weekly during the height of the dry season. Although they identify themselves as Mande, the unique styles and types of objects the Folona women make, and more importantly, the way they form and fire them, are fundamentally different from Mande potters to the north and west. Through a brilliant comparative analysis of pottery production methods across the region, especially how the pots are formed and the way the techniques are taught by mothers to daughters, Barbara Frank concludes that the mothers of the potters of the Folona very likely came from the south and east, marrying Mande griots (West African leatherworkers who are better known as storytellers or musicians), as they made their way south in search of clientele as early as the 14th or 15th century CE. While the women may have nominally given up their mothers' identities through marriage, over the generations the potters preserved their maternal heritage through their technological style, passing this knowledge on to their daughters, and thus transforming the very nature of what it means to be a Mande griot. This is a story of resilience and the continuity of cultural heritage in the hands of women."-- _cPublisher's description.
650		0	_aGriots _zAfrica, West.
650		0	_aGriots _zMali.
650		0	_aMandingo (African people) _xSocial life and customs.
650		0	_aPottery _zAfrica, West.
650		0	_aPottery _zMali.
650		0	_aWomen potters _zAfrica, West.
650		0	_aWomen potters _zMali.
830		0	_aAfrican expressive cultures.
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