ISBN:
9781760461348
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (322 pages)
Series Statement:
Pacific Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Hermkens, Anna-Karina Sinuous Objects : Revaluing Women’s Wealth in the Contemporary Pacific
DDC:
305.43092295090503
Keywords:
Women--Pacific Area--Social conditions
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Manners and customs
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Women
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Women
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Oceania
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Pacific Area
;
Social conditions
;
Social conditions
;
Oceania
;
Pacific Area
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Social life and customs
;
Pacific Area
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Illustrations" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Abbreviations and Glossary" -- "Contributors" -- "Introduction: Revaluing womenâs wealth in the contemporary Pacific" -- "1. Doba and Ephemeral Durability: The Enduring Material Value of Womenâs Work in the Trobriand Regenerative Economy" -- "2. Doing away with Doba? Womenâs Wealth and Shifting Values in Trobriand Mortuary Distributions" -- "Poem: DobaâTrobriand Skirts" -- "3. Womenâs Wealth and Moral Economies among the Maisin in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea" -- "4. Revaluing Pots: Wanigela Women and Regional Exchange" -- "5. The Extraordinary Values of Ordinary Objects: String Bags and Pandanus Mats as Korafe Womenâs Wealth?" -- "Poem: Making the Mark" -- "6. Capturing the âFemale Essenceâ? Textile Wealth in Tonga" -- "7. Passing on, and Passing on Wealth: Compelling Values in Tongan Exchange" -- "8. Cook Islands Tivaivai and the Haircutting Ceremony in Auckland: Ritual Action, Money and the Parameters of Value" -- "Poem: urohs language
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