Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1986
Keywords
Polynesian women, Tīfaifai, Reintegrated art form
Abstract
Women of Polynesia utilize the reintegrated art form of tifaifai to express their complex and multifaceted identities. Through their work patterns, aesthetic decisions, and designated uses for tifaifai, women create and reflect diverse and overlapping roles such as those associated with kinship relations, regional identities, religious affiliations, and gender expectations.
Publication Title
The Journal of American Folklore
Volume
99
Issue
393
First Page
259
Last Page
279
Required Publisher's Statement
"Published as Hammond, J. D. (1986). Polynesian Women and Tifaifai: Fabrications of Identity. Journal of American Folklore,99(393), 259–279 © 1986 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/540805
Recommended Citation
Hammond, Joyce D., "Polynesian Women and Tīfaifai Fabrications of Identity" (1986). Anthropology Faculty and Staff Publications. 11.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/anthropology_facpubs/11
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Patchwork quilts--Polynesia; Women--Polynesia--Identity; Visual communication in art
Geographic Coverage
Polynesia
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
