Sinuous objects : revaluing women's wealth in the contemporary Pacific /

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Some 40 years ago, Pacific anthropology was dominated by debates about 'women's wealth'. These exchanges were generated by Annette Weiner's (1976) critical reappraisal of Bronisław Malinowski's classic work on the Trobriand Islands, and her observations that women's pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hermkens, Anna-Karina, 1969- (Editor ), Katherine, Lepani (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, [2017]
Colección:Pacific series.
Temas:
Women > Pacific Area > Social conditions.
Femmes > Pacifique, Région du > Conditions sociales.
Anthropology.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Gender studies: women.
Groupings linked by seas.
Other geographical groupings, oceans and seas.
Pacific Rim countries.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Manners and customs.
Women > Social conditions.
Pacific Area > Social life and customs.
Oceania > Social life and customs.
Pacifique, Région du > Mœurs et coutumes.
Océanie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Oceania.
Pacific Area.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Revaluing women's wealth in the contemporary Pacific / Anna-Karina Hermkens and Katherine Lepani
  • Doba and Ephemeral Durability: The Enduring Material Value of Women's Work in the Trobriand Regenerative Economy / Katherine Lepani
  • Doing away with Doba? Women's Wealth and Shifting Values in Trobriand Mortuary Distributions / Michelle MacCarthy
  • Poem: Doba--Trobriand Skirts / Katherine Lepani
  • Women's Wealth and Moral Economies among the Maisin in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea / Anna-Karina Hermkens
  • Revaluing Pots: Wanigela Women and Regional Exchange / Elizabeth Bonshek
  • The Extraordinary Values of Ordinary Objects: String Bags and Pandanus Mats as Korafe Women's Wealth? / Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone
  • Poem: Making the Mark / Tessa Miller
  • Capturing the 'Female Essence'? Textile Wealth in Tonga / Fanny Wonu Veys
  • Passing on, and Passing on Wealth: Compelling Values in Tongan Exchange / Ping-Ann Addo
  • Cook Islands Tivaivai and the Haircutting Ceremony in Auckland: Ritual Action, Money and the Parameters of Value / Jane Horan
  • Poem: urohs language / Emelihter Kihleng
  • Epilogue: Sinuous Objects, Sensuous Bodies: Revaluing 'Women's Wealth' Across Time and Place / Margaret Jolly.

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