Beads and Bead Makers

Name: Beads and Bead Makers
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
SKU: 9781859739952
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Gender, Material Culture and Meaning

Autor: Lidia D Sciama

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Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Beads have been used since antiquity, not only to dress the body, but as measures of value in econom...

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Autor

Lidia D Sciama

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

1998

Pagini

336

EAN

9781859739952

ISBN

1859739954

Enbook ID

04405596

Editura

Bloomsbury Publishing

Greutate

534

Dimensiuni

155 x 232 x 19

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Beads have been used since antiquity, not only to dress the body, but as measures of value in economic and ritual exchanges. Their popularity has never waned, and in recent years their trade has enjoyed a world-wide revival. Beads have deep and multiple meanings: in many cultures, together with garments, they reflect age, gender and social status, and are a vehicle through which people store, exchange and transmit wealth.This absorbing book analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body adornment, in a wide range of societies, from the ancient Mediterranean to Renaissance Venice and present-day Southern Africa and West Africa, where they have become a symbol of cultural survival and identity. Anyone interested in material culture, anthropology, art history, and gender studies will find that this book provides fascinating insights into attitudes toward the body and its dress as well as systems of social classification.

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