Unfolding the Moon : : Enacting Women's Kastom in Vanuatu /

Unfolding the Moon : : Enacting Women's Kastom in Vanuatu / / Lissant Bolton.

In the first decades after independence in 1980, kastom--indigenous knowledge and practice--became a key marker of ni-Vanuatu identity. However, it was almost entirely concerned with men. Then in 1991 the Vanuatu Cultural Centre initiated a project that focused on women's knowledge and skill in...

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Bolton, Lissant,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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