Unfolding the moon : enacting women's kastom in Vanuatu /
This acknowledgment that "women have kastom too," widely welcomed by rural ni-Vanuatu, was an important step in establishing women's kastom."--Jacket
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press
©2003.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wr2jk |
Sommario:
- 1. History/Kastom
- 2. Kastom in the National Arena
- 3. Women without Kastom
- 4. Ples
- 5. Ambae: On Being a Person of the Place
- 6. Plaiting: "The Reason That Women Came into the World"
- 7. Dyeing: Designs, Power, Status
- 8. Making Textiles into Kastom
- Conclusion: Women with Kastom.