Owner's bookplate inside front cover. No dustjacket. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.

'Androgynous Objects' explores the way meaning is encoded in material culture by focusing on the androgynous symbolism of the looped string bag, or bilum, of the Telefol people of Central New Guinea. The web of meanings 'woven' into the bag is shown to extend beyond women's lives and bodies. It is open to manipulation and reformation in a variety of contexts and is used by both Telefol women and men to explore, and so explain the complexities and ambiguities inherent in their social life.

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Title: Androgynous Objects: String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea (Studies in Anthropology and History)
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 3718651556
ISBN 13: 9783718651559
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dimensions: 1.27 centimeters width by 17.78 centimeters height by 26.035 centimeters depth
Weight: 2 pounds

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First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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