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Bathurst.
Crawford House Press.
1989.
Map, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 164pp, index, bibliography, notes, hardback, light wear to dustjacket, top edge little foxed, name front free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. In Reading the Skin, Dr. O'Hanlon answers the question of the significance of self-adornment to the New Guinea Wahgi Highland people. Dr. O'Hanlon's account shows how Wahgi spectators hope to 'read' social information in the decorated appearance of the group on display. The elaborate language of the spectators' assessments challenges the accepted notion that New Guinea cultures do not 'verbalise' about their art. The book goes on to analyse the political use that powerful men make of these aesthetic judgements, in a world in which verbal accounts cannot be trusted. As an original examination of an indigenous aesthetic system, this book will particularly appeal to those with an interest in the art of other cultures. Anthropologists concerned with Melanesia will equally be attracted by the data the author presents, while the many illustrations will make the work indispensable to ethnographic museums. Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 129983)
ISBN: 9781863330039
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