Jewelry responds to our most primitive urges, for control, honor,
and sex. It is at once the most ancient and most immediate of art
forms, one that is defined by its connection and interaction with
the body. In this sense it is inescapably political, its meaning
bound to the possibilities of the body it lies on. Indeed, the fate
of the body is often bound to the jewelry. This study looks at
gender and jewelry in order to gain some understanding into how
jewelry is constructed by and constructs not just a single society,
but human societies. It will explore how societal traditions that
have sprung up around jewelry and ornamentation have affected the
possibilities available to women across a broad spectrum of social
and ethnic circumstances, determining which have served women well
and which are constrictive and destructive. It also examines the
possibilities for the intentional creation of feminist jewelry,
including an overview of the author's own work.
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