Engendering objects Dynamics of Barkcloth and Gender among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea

• 1. autor: Hermkens, Anna-Karina (auth)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: Leiden Sidestone Press 2013
• Hasła przedmiotowe: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Gender studies, gender groups; anthropology; ethnography; clothing; gender
• Dostęp online: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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...