Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and Meaning (Hardback)

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Hardback

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Wordery

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Bloomsbury publishing

Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and Meaning : Berg Publishers : 9781859739907 : 1859739903 : 01 May 1998 : 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 the southern United States to present day Africa. This study provides fascinating insights into attitudes toward the body and its dress as well as systems of social classification.

110 GBP