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Author Jones, Sharyn, 1974-

Title Food and gender in Fiji : ethnoarchaeological explorations / Sharyn Jones
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Fieldwork : motivations, plans, and realities -- The environmental and social landscape : the Lau Islands, Fiji -- Foodways and social relations in the past and present -- Food consumption patterns and refuse disposal -- Lauan fishing -- Food in the Lau Islands and its implications for ethnoarchaeology and archaeology
Summary Food and Gender in Fiji is an ethnoarchaeological investigation of the social relations surrounding foodways on the island of Nayau in Fiji. Writing from the perspective of an archaeologist, Jones answers questions raised by her archaeological research using original ethnographic data and material culture associated women and fishing, the intersection that forms the basis of the subsistence economy on Nayau. She focuses on food procurement on the reef, domestic activities surrounding foodways, and household spatial patterns to explore the meaning of food amongst the Lau Group of Fiji beyond th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Food habits -- Fiji -- Lau Province
Food consumption -- Fiji -- Lau Province
Women -- Fiji -- Lau Province -- Social conditions
Sex role -- Fiji -- Lau Province
Ethnoarchaeology -- Fiji -- Lau Province
Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Fiji -- Lau Province
Fish remains (Archaeology) -- Fiji -- Lau Province
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
Antiquities
Ethnoarchaeology
Fish remains (Archaeology)
Food consumption
Food habits
Manners and customs
Plant remains (Archaeology)
Sex role
Women -- Social conditions
Frau
Geschlechterrolle
Soziale Situation
Ethnoarchäologie
Ernährungsgewohnheit
SUBJECT Lau Province (Fiji) -- Antiquities
Lau Province (Fiji) -- Social life and customs
Subject Fiji -- Lau Province
Lau Group
Fidschi
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009017860
ISBN 9780739134825
0739134825
1282494317
9781282494312
9786612494314
661249431X