9780226215440-022621544X-Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture

Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture

ISBN-13: 9780226215440
ISBN-10: 022621544X
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Donald N. Levine
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 349 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780226215440
ISBN-10: 022621544X
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Donald N. Levine
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 349 pages

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Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture (ISBN-13: 9780226215440 and ISBN-10: 022621544X), written by authors Donald N. Levine, was published by University of Chicago Press in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other East Africa (African History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used East Africa books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.98.

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In Abyssinian poetry, the “wax” is the obvious meaning, the “gold” is the hidden meaning. In Wax and Gold, Donald N. Levine explores mid-to-late-twentieth-century Ethiopian society on the same two levels, using modern sociology and psychology to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant ethnic group, the Amhara, and what are its enduring values? What aspects of modern culture interest this society and by what means has it sought to institutionalize them? How has tradition both facilitated and hampered Ethiopian efforts to modernize? Enriched by the use of Ethiopian literature and by Levine’s deep knowledge of and affection for the society of which he writes, Wax and Gold is both a scholarly and a personal work.

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