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Androgynous Objects: String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea (Studies in Anthropology and History)
Androgynous Objects String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea - Studies in Anthropology and History
Author: M. Mackenzie
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 string bag is shown to extend beyond women's lives and bodies. It is open to manipulation and reformation...  more »
ISBN-13: 9789057022708
ISBN-10: 9057022702
Publication Date: 4/1/1998
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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