Unfolding the Moon: Enacting Women's Kastom in Vanuatu 9780824865405
In the first decades after independence in 1980, kastom--indigenous knowledge and practice--became a key marker of ni-Va
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English Pages 272 Year 2002
Table of contents :
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
