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020			_a9789821011334 _qsoftcover
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050	0	0	_aGN27 _b.H85 2021
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100	1		_aHulkenberg, Jara _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMasi : _bcloth of the Vanua / _cby Jara Hulkenberg.
250			_aRevised edition.
264		1	_aSuva, Fiji : _bPacific Studies Press, _c2021.
300			_axii, 213 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-199)
505	0		_aIntroducing 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.
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aTapa _zFiji. _9602741
650		0	_aTextile fabrics _zFiji _9658890
650		0	_aAnthropology. _9345440
650		0	_aFiji _xSocial life and customs. _9782060
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