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Androgynous Objects - String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,584
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Androgynous Objects - String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea (Paperback, New Ed): Maureen A. MacKenzie

Androgynous Objects - String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea (Paperback, New Ed)

Maureen A. MacKenzie

Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

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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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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Studies in Anthropology and History
Release date: May 1998
First published: 1998
Authors: Maureen A. MacKenzie
Dimensions: 246 x 174 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-90-5702-270-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
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LSN: 90-5702-270-2
Barcode: 9789057022708

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