Androgynous Objects : String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Anthropology and History
ISBN-10
9057022702
ISBN-13
9789057022708
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 1998
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
500 grams
Dimensions
24.00 x 17.40 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Gender studies, gender groupsAnthropology
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This book explores the way meaning is encoded in material culture by focusing on the androgymous symbolism of the looped string bag, or bilum, of the Telefol people of central New Guinea.
Androgynous Objects explores the way meaning is encoded in material culture by focusing on the androgynous symbolism of the looped string bag, or bilum, of the Telefol people of Central New Guinea. The web of meanings ''woven'' into the bag is shown to extend beyond women''s lives and bodies. It is open to manipulation and reformation in a variety of contexts and is used by both Telefol women and men to explore, and so explain the complexities and ambiguities inherent in their social life.
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