a ISBN 1-85973-9954 (pbk.-)

a ISBN 1-85973-990-3

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number GN433.5

b Item number .B43 1998

a Title Beads and bead makers :

b Remainder of title gender, material culture, and meaning /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Lidia D. Sciama and Joanne B. Eicher.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford [England] ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Berg,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1998.

a Extent xvi, 317 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a Title Cross-cultural perspectives on women

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note Gender in the making, trading and uses of beads. An introductory essay / Lidia D. Sciama -- Out of women's hands: notes on Venetian glass beads, female labour and international trades / Francesca Trivellato -- Gender in African beadwork: an overview / Margret Carey -- Beaded and bedecked Kalabari of Nigeria / Joanne B. Eicher -- Lantana beads: gender issues in their production and use / Ann O'Hear -- A short history of rosaries in the Andes / Penny Dransart -- Why do they like red? Beads, ethnicity and gender in Ecuador / Lynn A. Meisch -- African American jewellery before the Civil War / Helen Bradley Foster -- Beads and breasts: the negotiation of gender roles and power at New Orleans Mardi Gras / Laurie A. Wilkie -- Beads, prestige and life among the Kelabit of Sarawak, East Malaysia / Monica Janowski -- Greek beads of the Mycenaean period (ca 1650-1100 BC): the age of the heroines of Greek tradition and mythology / Helen Hughes-Brock -- An archaeological investigation into ancient Chinese beads / Cecilia Braghin -- What beads mean to craft producers supported by Oxfam / Carol Wills -- Don't get your neckless in a twist! Often-used specialist bead terms and their definitions for researchers and collectors / Stefany Tomalin.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Beadwork

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sex role

a Personal name Sciama Lidia D

a Personal name Eicher Joanne Bubolz