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This is Not a Grass Skirt
Karen Jacobs
其他書名
On Fibre Skirts (liku) and Female Tattooing (veiqia) in Nineteenth Century Fiji
出版
Sidestone Press
, 2019
主題
History / Australia & New Zealand
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
9088908133
9789088908132
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HSmyxAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The Pacific 'grass skirt' has provoked debates about the demeaning and sexualized depiction of Pacific bodies. While these stereotypical portrayals associated with 'nakedness' are challenged in this book, the complex uses and meanings of the garments themselves are examined, including their link to other body adornments and modifications. In nineteenth-century Fiji, beautiful fibre skirts (liku) in a great variety of shapes and colors were lifetime companions for women. First fitted around puberty when she received her veiqia (tattooing), women's successive liku were adapted at marriage and during maternity, performing a multiplicity of social functions.
This book is based on a systematic investigation of previously understudied liku in museum collections around the world. Through the prism of one garment, multiple ways of looking at dress are considered, including their classification in museums and archives. Also highlighted are associated tattooing (veiqia) practices, perceptions of modesty, the intricacies of intercultural encounters and the significance of collections and cultural heritage today.
The book is intended for those interested in often neglected women's objects and practices in the Pacific, in dress and adornment more generally and in the use of museum collections and archives. It is richly illustrated with rare and previously unpublished paintings and drawings, as well many examples of liku themselves.