Beads and bead makers :  gender, material culture, and meaning / 
edited by Lidia D. Sciama and Joanne B. Eicher. 
 - Oxford [England] ;  New York :  Berg,  1998. 
 - xvi, 317 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Cross-cultural perspectives on women .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1859739954 (pbk.) 1859739903 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Beadwork--Crosscultural studies<br/>Sex role--Crosscultural studies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN433.5