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From the decline of the hat, the function of jewelry and popularity of tattooing to the wealth of grave goods found in the Upper Paleolithic burials and body painting of the Nuba, we see that there is no one who does not adorn themselves, their possessions, or their environment. But what messages do these adornments send? Drawing on aesthetics, evolutionary history, archaeology, ethology, anthropology, psychology, cultural history, and gender studies, Stephen Davies brings together African, Australian and North and South American indigenous cultures and unites them around the theme of adornment. He shows us that adorning is one of the few social behaviors that is close to being genuinely universal, more typical and extensive than the high-minded activities we prefer to think of as marking our species - religion, morality, and art.
Each chapter shows how modes of decoration send vitally important signals about what we care about, our affiliations and backgrounds, our social status and values. In short, by using the theme of bodily adornment to unify a very diverse set of human practices, this book tells us about who we are.
From the decline of the hat, the function of jewelry and popularity of tattooing to the wealth of grave goods found in the Upper Paleolithic burials and body painting of the Nuba, we see that there is no one who does not adorn themselves, their possessions, or their environment. But what messages do these adornments send? Drawing on aesthetics, evolutionary history, archaeology, ethology, anthropology, psychology, cultural history, and gender studies, Stephen Davies brings together African, Australian and North and South American indigenous cultures and unites them around the theme of adornment. He shows us that adorning is one of the few social behaviors that is close to being genuinely universal, more typical and extensive than the high-minded activities we prefer to think of as marking our species - religion, morality, and art.
Each chapter shows how modes of decoration send vitally important signals about what we care about, our affiliations and backgrounds, our social status and values. In short, by using the theme of bodily adornment to unify a very diverse set of human practices, this book tells us about who we are.
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The Sungir Children
2. What Adornment is
3. Bodily Adornment Practices
4. Aesthetics and Adornment in Prehistory
5. Differences Between Men and Women
6. Body-Painting and Makeup
7. Scarification and Tattoos
8. Piercings, Plugs and Jewelry
9. Clothing
10. Bali: Sungir Writ Large
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781350120983 |
| ISBN-10: | 1350120987 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Davies, Stephen |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 216 x 142 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Stephen Davies |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.01.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,39 kg |
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The Sungir Children
2. What Adornment is
3. Bodily Adornment Practices
4. Aesthetics and Adornment in Prehistory
5. Differences Between Men and Women
6. Body-Painting and Makeup
7. Scarification and Tattoos
8. Piercings, Plugs and Jewelry
9. Clothing
10. Bali: Sungir Writ Large
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781350120983 |
| ISBN-10: | 1350120987 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Davies, Stephen |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 216 x 142 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Stephen Davies |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.01.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,39 kg |
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