Sinuous objects revaluing women's wealth in the contemporary Pacific
Some 40 years ago, Pacific anthropology was dominated by debates about womens wealth. These exchanges were generated by Annette Weiners (1976) critical reappraisal of Bronisław Malinowskis classic work on the Trobriand Islands, and her observations that womens production of wealth (banana leaf bundl...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Acton, Australian Capital Territory :
Australian National University
2017.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Pacific series.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424680406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Revaluing womens wealth in the contemporary Pacific / Anna Karina Hermkens and Katherine Lepani
- Doba and Ephemeral Durability: The Enduring Material Value of Womens Work in the Trobriand Regenerative Economy / Katherine Lepani
- Doing away with Doba? Womens Wealth and Shifting Values in Trobriand Mortuary Distributions / Michelle MacCarthy
- Poem: Doba Trobriand Skirts / Katherine Lepani
- Womens Wealth and Moral Economies among the Maisin in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea / Anna Karina Hermkens
- Revaluing Pots: Wanigela Women and Regional Exchange / Elizabeth Bonshek
- The Extraordinary Values of Ordinary Objects: String Bags and Pandanus Mats as Korafe Womens Wealth? / Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone
- Poem: Making the Mark / Tessa Miller
- Capturing the Female Essence? Textile Wealth in Tonga / Fanny Wonu Veys
- Passing on, and Passing on Wealth: Compelling Values in Tongan Exchange / Ping Ann Addo
- Cook Islands Tivaivai and the Haircutting Ceremony in Auckland: Ritual Action, Money and the Parameters of Value / Jane Horan
- Poem: urohs language / Emelihter Kihleng
- Epilogue: Sinuous Objects, Sensuous Bodies: Revaluing Womens Wealth Across Time and Place / Margaret Jolly.
