Complementarity between Art and Anthropology: Experiences among kolam makers in South India
As their first daily task, women in South India draw geometrical images, kolams, in front of their homes to greet the deities. These images engender and reinforce moods in the community, they construct feminine gender and they define the landscape as social. The paper describes how the employment o...
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| Language: | English |
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Suomen Antropologinen Seura (Finnish Anthropological Society)
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Suomen Antropologi |
| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/116522 |