Engendering objects : Dynamics of Barkcloth and Gender among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea
Engendering objects explores social and cultural dynamics among Maisin people in Collingwood Bay (Papua New Guinea) through the lens of material culture. Focusing upon the visually stimulating decorated barkcloths that are used as male and female garments, gifts, and commodities, it explores the rel...
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Leiden
Sidestone Press
2013
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