Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Cultural Forms – serie
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Seeing the Inside
Bark Painting in Western Arnhem Land
Av Taylor
Häftad, 1996
1300 kr
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Seeing the Inside is the first detailed study of one of the world's great visual art traditions and its role in the society that produces it. The bark painting of Aboriginal artists in western Arnhem Land is the product of a unique tradition of many thousands of years' duration. In recent years it …
Unwrapping Christmas
Av Miller, Daniel Miller
Häftad, 1995
968 kr
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In an age of secularization and the decline of ritual, Christmas has emerged as the most promising candidate for the first global festival, celebrated not only in the Christian West, but in many countries with either a minority or no Christian population. How is it that Christmas is not merely …
Wrapping in Images
Tattooing in Polynesia
Av Gell
Häftad, 1996
1937 kr
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In traditional Polynesian societies, tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person. This study is the first to provide a comparative analysis of tattooing in its original setting, based on a comprehensive survey of the documentary sources, both written and visual. Drawing on …
