Androgynous Objects
String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-90-5702-270-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5702-270-8 (9789057022708)
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Person
Maureen A. MacKenzie
Content
List of illustrations, Preface,String bags, material culture and gender: an introduction ,The Telefol and their bilums, Open loops, open lives: production in the female realm,Elaborations: production in the male realm, A good bilum is like a good woman: the social value of women's bags, The bilum is our mother: the social value of men's bags, The loops of integration, Appendices.