Sinuous objects : revaluing women's wealth in the contemporary Pacific /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Hermkens, Anna-Karina, 1969- (Editor), Katherine, Lepani (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, [2017]
Series:	Pacific series.
Subjects:	Women > Pacific Area > Social conditions. Pacific Area > Social life and customs. Oceania > Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Women > Social conditions. Oceania. Pacific Area. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Revaluing women's wealth in the contemporary Pacific / Anna-Karina Hermkens and Katherine Lepani
Doba and Ephemeral Durability: The Enduring Material Value of Women's Work in the Trobriand Regenerative Economy / Katherine Lepani
Doing away with Doba? Women's Wealth and Shifting Values in Trobriand Mortuary Distributions / Michelle MacCarthy
Poem: Doba--Trobriand Skirts / Katherine Lepani
Women's Wealth and Moral Economies among the Maisin in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea / Anna-Karina Hermkens
Revaluing Pots: Wanigela Women and Regional Exchange / Elizabeth Bonshek
The Extraordinary Values of Ordinary Objects: String Bags and Pandanus Mats as Korafe Women's Wealth? / Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone
Poem: Making the Mark / Tessa Miller
Capturing the 'Female Essence'? Textile Wealth in Tonga / Fanny Wonu Veys
Passing on, and Passing on Wealth: Compelling Values in Tongan Exchange / Ping-Ann Addo
Cook Islands Tivaivai and the Haircutting Ceremony in Auckland: Ritual Action, Money and the Parameters of Value / Jane Horan
Poem: urohs language / Emelihter Kihleng
Epilogue: Sinuous Objects, Sensuous Bodies: Revaluing 'Women's Wealth' Across Time and Place / Margaret Jolly.