Cloth as Metaphor: (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth e-bog
103,35 DKK
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Adinkra symbols visually integrate striking aesthetic power, evocative language, mathematical structures and philosophical concepts. The book views the Adinkra cloth symbols as a writing system. It develops themes from the texts encoded in the proverbs, stories, and maxims associated with the symbols. The themes covered include Akan cosmology, social and political organization, social and ethic...
E-bog
103,35 DKK
Forlag
iUniverse
Udgivet
30 november 2017
Længde
316 sider
Genrer
Historical and comparative linguistics
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781532028946
Adinkra symbols visually integrate striking aesthetic power, evocative language, mathematical structures and philosophical concepts. The book views the Adinkra cloth symbols as a writing system. It develops themes from the texts encoded in the proverbs, stories, and maxims associated with the symbols. The themes covered include Akan cosmology, social and political organization, social and ethical values, economics, and Akan knowledge systems. Perhaps the most modern and certainly one of the most comprehensive works on Adinkra (Oluwatoyin Adepoju).