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

• Main Author: Hermkens, Anna-Karina (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden Sidestone Press 2013
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Gender studies, gender groups; anthropology; ethnography; clothing; gender
• Online Access: 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...