Androgynous Objects

Name: Androgynous Objects
Author: Maureen A. MacKenzie

String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea

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Paperback, 272 blz. | Engels

Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 1998

ISBN13: 9789057022708

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Taylor & Francis 1e druk, 1998 9789057022708

Onderdeel van serie Studies in Anthropology and History

65,90

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Samenvatting

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.