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Title: | Book review : Sinuous objects : revaluing women’s wealth in the contemporary Pacific |
Authors: | Schuetz, Sierra Karides, Marina |
Keywords: | Books -- Reviews Women -- Pacific Area -- Social conditions Pacific Area -- Social life and customs Oceania -- Social life and customs |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Islands and Small States Institute |
Citation: | Schuetz, S., & Karides, M. (2019). Book review : Sinuous objects: Revaluing women’s wealth in the contemporary Pacific, by A. K. Hermkens, & K. Lepani (Eds.). Small States & Territories, 2(2), 209-211. |
Abstract: | A collection of chapters sharing ethnographic research of women’s wealth-building activities in the Pacific islands, Sinuous objects measures up to its title. Its editors, Hermkens and Lepani, have woven together a volume of fresh approaches to theorising social value attachment to material objects. The objects considered include those of adornment, art, everyday use items such as bowls, ritual objects and traded goods. An intriguing contribution of the volume is how each of the authors engages a historical approach towards the transformation of the social value of objects produced in the Pacific. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49833 |
Appears in Collections: | SST Vol. 2, No. 2, November 2019 SST Vol. 2, No. 2, November 2019 |
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