Beads and bead makers : gender, material culture, and meaning / edited by Lidia D. Sciama and Joanne B. Eicher.
Material type: TextSeries: Cross-cultural perspectives on womenPublication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Berg, 1998.Description: xvi, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 1859739954 (pbk.)
- 1859739903
- 391.7 21 S4161 1998
- GN433.5 .B43 1998
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Book or Printed Material | Main Library Library | Main Collection | 391.7 S4161 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | IMUAC032023 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Lidia D. Sciama and Joanne B. Eicher -- 1. Gender in the Making, Trading and Uses of Beads. An Introductory Essay / Lidia D. Sciama -- 2. Out of Women's Hands: Notes on Venetian Glass Beads, Female Labour and International Trades / Francesca Trivellato -- 3. Gender in African Beadwork: An Overview / Margret Carey -- 4. Beaded and Bedecked Kalabari of Nigeria / Joanne B. Eicher -- 5. Lantana Beads: Gender Issues in their Production and Use / Ann O'Hear -- 6. A Short History of Rosaries in the Andes / Penny Dransart -- 7. Why Do They Like Red? Beads, Ethnicity and Gender in Ecuador / Lynn A. Meisch -- 8. African American Jewellery Before the Civil War / Helen Bradley Foster -- 9. Beads and Breasts: The Negotiation of Gender Roles and Power at New Orleans Mardi Gras / Laurie A. Wilkie -- 10. Beads, Prestige and Life Among the Kelabit of Sarawak, East Malaysia / Monica Janowski.
11. Greek Beads of the Mycenaean Period (ca 1650-1100 BC): The Age of the Heroines of Greek Tradition and Mythology / Helen Hughes-Brock -- 12. An Archaeological Investigation into Ancient Chinese Beads / Cecilia Braghin -- App. a. What Beads Mean to Craft Producers Supported by Oxfam / Carol Wills -- App. b. Don't get your Neckless in a Twist! Often-used Specialist Bead Terms and their Definitions for Researchers and Collectors / Stefany Tomalin.
English.
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