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Title:

Beads and bead makers : gender, material culture, and meaning / edited by Lidia D. Sciama and Joanne B. Eicher.

Publisher:

Berg,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

xvi, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Beadwork.--Cross-cultural studies.
Sex role.--Cross-cultural studies.

Other Authors:

Sciama, Lidia D.
Eicher, Joanne Bubolz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Gender in the making, trading and uses of beads. An introductory essay / Lidia D. Sciama -- Out of women's hands: notes on Venetian glass beads, female labour and international trades / Francesca Trivellato -- Gender in African beadwork: an overview / Margret Carey -- Beaded and bedecked Kalabari of Nigeria / Joanne B. Eicher -- Lantana beads: gender issues in their production and use / Ann O'Hear -- A short history of rosaries in the Andes / Penny Dransart -- Why do they like red? Beads, ethnicity and gender in Ecuador / Lynn A. Meisch -- African American jewellery before the Civil War / Helen Bradley Foster -- Beads and breasts: the negotiation of gender roles and power at New Orleans Mardi Gras / Laurie A. Wilkie -- Beads, prestige and life among the Kelabit of Sarawak, East Malaysia / Monica Janowski -- Greek beads of the Mycenaean period (ca 1650-1100 BC): the age of the heroines of Greek tradition and mythology / Helen Hughes-Brock -- An archaeological investigation into ancient Chinese beads / Cecilia Braghin -- What beads mean to craft producers supported by Oxfam / Carol Wills -- Don't get your neckless in a twist! Often-used specialist bead terms and their definitions for researchers and collectors / Stefany Tomalin.

Series:

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ;

ISBN:

9781859739907
1859739903
9781859739952 (pbk.)
1859739954 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39550304

LCCN:

98188414

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)