Androgynous Objects
Subtitle: String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea (Studies in Anthropology and History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789057022708
Subjects: Anthropology; Gender studies; Sociology - General; Social Science; Sociology; Papua New Guinea; Anthropology - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General
First sentence: This book provides an interpretative study of a humble string artefact, the looped string bag (bilum) of the Telefol people of central New Guinea.