Engendering Objects : Dynamics of Barkcloth and Gender among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea.

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Engendering objects explores social and cultural dynamics among Maisin people in Collingwood Bay (Papua New Guinea) through the lens of material culture. Focusing upon the visually stimulating decorated barkcloths that are used as male and female garments, gifts, and commodities, it explores the rel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hermkens, Anna-Karina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Havertown : Sidestone Press, 2013.
Temas:
Maisin (Papua New Guinean people)
Tapa > Papua New Guinea.
Gender identity > Papua New Guinea.
Art and anthropology > Papua New Guinea.
Maisin (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)
Tapa > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
Identité de genre > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
Art et anthropologie > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Art and anthropology
Gender identity
Tapa
Papua New Guinea
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Engendering objects explores social and cultural dynamics among Maisin people in Collingwood Bay (Papua New Guinea) through the lens of material culture. Focusing upon the visually stimulating decorated barkcloths that are used as male and female garments, gifts, and commodities, it explores the relationships between these cloths and Maisin people. The main question is how barkcloth, as an object made by women, engenders people's identities, such as gender, personhood, clan and tribe, through its manufacturing and use. This book describes in detail how barkcloth (tapa) not only visualizes and e.
Notas:Colonising and collecting Collingwood Bay: Sir William MacGregor.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (389 pages)
ISBN:9789088901461
9088901465

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