TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hulkenberg,Jara
TI  - Masi: cloth of the Vanua 
SN  - 9789821011334
AV  - GN27 .H85 2021
U1  - 746.41099611 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Suva, Fiji
PB  - Pacific Studies Press
KW  - Tapa
KW  - Fiji
KW  - Textile fabrics
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199); Introducing Masi -- Masi: Cloth of the Vanua -- 'Masi speaks': Analysing the visual qualities of Masi -- Masi: A gift of the women that mediates kinship -- The production and sale of Masi in rural and urban settings -- Historical analysis of the commercialisation of Masi -- Exchange and gifting as sacrifice.
N2  - "This book provides information on the complexity of masi production and its integral place within the cultural traditions of Fiji. As such, it will add substantially to 'our' knowledge; not only about masi, but also Fijian history and cultural traditions... Barkcloth has been produced, used and exchanged throughout Polynesia for millennia. However, under the influence of Christianity, most Polynesian Island groups have stopped producing and using barkcloth. The only countries that have continued the production and use of barkcloth in Polynesia are Tonga and Fiji. This book presents an analysis of the material, immaterial and visual qualities of masi to explain its cultural importance, use, and gradual, though limited, incorporation within Fijis growing money economy. The analysis presented in this book is founded on pre-Christian beliefs and practices in which masi played an important role to mediate between the sacred and profane and was considered the wealth and clothing of the ancestral gods. Influenced by theories taken from material culture and textile studies, this book demonstrates that masi has both material and immaterial qualities."--UBIQ
ER  -