TY - GEN T1 - This is not a grass skirt : on fibre skirts (liku) and female tattooing (veiqia) in nineteenth century Fiji A1 - Jacobs, Karen LA - English PP - Leiden PB - Sidestone Press YR - 2019 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1128180626 AB - The Pacific 'grass skirt' has provoked debates about the demeaning and sexualised depiction of Pacific bodies. While these stereotypical portrayals associated with 'nakedness' are challenged in this book, the complex uses and meanings of the garments themselves are examined, including their link to other body adornments and modifications. In nineteenth-century Fiji, beautiful fibre skirts (liku) in a great variety of shapes and colours were lifetime companions for women. First fitted around puberty when she received her veiqia (tattooing), women's successive liku were adapted at marriage and during maternity, performing a multiplicity of social functions. This book is based on a systematic investigation of previously understudied liku in museum collections around the world. Through the prism of one garment, multiple ways of looking at dress are considered, including their classification in museums and archives. Also highlighted are associated tattooing (veiqia) practices, perceptions of modesty, the intricacies of intercultural encounters and the significance of collections and cultural heritage today. 0The book is intended for those interested in often neglected women's objects and practices in the Pacific, in dress and adornment more generally and in the use of museum collections and archives. It is richly illustrated with rare and previously unpublished paintings and drawings, as well as many examples of liku themselves. CN - GT1599.F4 SN - 9789088908149 SN - 9088908141 SN - 9088908133 SN - 9789088908132 SN - 9088908125 SN - 9789088908125 KW - Women's clothing : Social aspects : Fiji. KW - Women's clothing : Fiji : History. KW - Skirts : Fiji. KW - Vêtements de femme : Aspect social : Fidji. KW - Vêtements de femme : Fidji : Histoire. KW - Jupes : Fidji. KW - Skirts KW - Women's clothing KW - Fiji KW - History ER -