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Gleaming like the sun: aesthetic values in Wodaabe material culture
Africa • 78 (4) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 582-602
By: Boesen, Elisabeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article considers Wodaabe consumer attitudes and consumption practices, including the use of modern commodities like wristwatches, radios, and discarded washing machine drums, as well as clothing and household items borrowed from the neighboring Tuareg. The author argues that some items are valued not for their functional utility or economic worth but for their aesthetic appeal; a few for their shininess in particular.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Utensils
- Property in movables
- Buying and selling
- Income and demand
- Exchange transactions
- External trade
- Travel
- Visual arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fulani
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2003-2005
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-2005
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Niger
- NotesAdditional notes
- Elisabeth Boesen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 600-602)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fula (African people)