Beads of Empowerment: The Role of Body Art in Challenging Pokot Gender Identities
Pokot female body art identifies a woman’s beauty, husband, and social rank among the Pokot community through color, pattern, and mass. In the last sixty years, as a result of Kenya’s entrance into the global economy, Pokot women have turned a “traditional” art form into a commodity, creating a prod...
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Digital Archive @ GSU
2012
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| Online Access: | http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/105 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=art_design_theses |