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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHelms, Mary W.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aCraft and the Kingly Ideal :
_bArt, Trade, and Power /
_cMary W. Helms.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©1993
300 _a1 online resource (303 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_t1 Introduction to the Problem --
_tPART I SKILLED CRAFTING --
_t2 What Skilled Crafting Means --
_t3 Skilled Artisans in Time and Space --
_t4 Qualities of Skilled Artisans --
_t5 Skilled Crafting and Political Authority --
_tPART II ACQUISITION --
_t6 Exchange, Trade, and Acquisition --
_t7 Acquisition in Time and Space --
_t8 Qualities of Acquisition --
_t9 Naturally Endowed Goods and Skillfully Crafted Goods --
_t10 Acquisition and Political Authority --
_tPART III CENTERS AND ORIGINS --
_t11 Superordinate Centers --
_t12 Acquisitional Polities --
_t13 Conclusions --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn ancient Mediterranean cultures, diamonds were thought to endow their owners with invincibility. In contemporary United States culture, a foreign-made luxury car is believed to give its owner status and prestige. Where do these beliefs come from? In this study of craft production and long-distance trade in traditional, nonindustrial societies, Mary W. Helms explores the power attributed to objects that either are produced by skilled artisans and/or come from "afar." She argues that fine artisanship and long-distance trade, both of which are more available to powerful elites than to ordinary people, are means of creating or acquiring tangible objects that embody intangible powers and energies from the cosmological realms of gods, ancestors, or heroes. Through the objects, these qualities become available to human society and confer honor and power on their possessors. Helms’ novel approach equates trade with artistry and emphasizes acquisition rather than distribution. She rejects the classic Western separation between economics and aesthetics and offers a new paradigm for understanding traditional societies that will be of interest to all anthropologists and archaeologists.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/730748
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