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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: Maureen A. 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 in a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9783718651559
ISBN-10: 3718651556
Publication Date: 1/1/1991
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
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