Radiance from the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Sylvia Ardyn Boone

Radiance from the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art

Sylvia Ardyn Boone

302 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction art race challenging informative medium-paced
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The Sande Society of the Mende people of Sierra Leone is a secret female regulatory society that both guards and transmits the ideals of feminine beauty so fundamental to the aesthetic criteria in Mende culture. In this eloquent and moving book, S...

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