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Staying Fijian: Vatulele Island Barkcloth and Social Identity
Rod Ewins
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Description for Staying Fijian: Vatulele Island Barkcloth and Social Identity
Hardcover. Barkcloth, or masi, is the traditional art form of the women of Vatulele Island. Its manufacture continues to flourish, even increase, while many other arts are declining, despite the fact that most of its functional roles have been usurped by Western cloth and paper. This book explores this apparent paradox. Num Pages: 432 pages, 96 illustrations, 32 in colour. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; AFTB; AFW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 175 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1383.
Barkcloth, or masi, is the traditional art form of the women of Vatulele Island. Its manufacture continues to flourish, even increase, while many other arts are declining, despite the fact that most of its functional roles have been usurped by Western cloth and paper. This book explores this apparent paradox and concludes that the reasons lie in the ability of its identity functions to buffer the effects of social stress. This is so for not only Vatuleleans but all Fijians.
Barkcloth, or masi, is the traditional art form of the women of Vatulele Island. Its manufacture continues to flourish, even increase, while many other arts are declining, despite the fact that most of its functional roles have been usurped by Western cloth and paper. This book explores this apparent paradox and concludes that the reasons lie in the ability of its identity functions to buffer the effects of social stress. This is so for not only Vatuleleans but all Fijians.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824831127
SKU
V9780824831127
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Ref
99-3
About Rod Ewins
Rod Ewins was born and raised in Fiji. His professional career has been as an artist and art educator, primarily at the University of Tasmania.
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