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Tables of Contents for Biographical Objects
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ix
1. INTRODUCTION
1
24
2. THE BETEL BAG A Sack for Souls and Stories
25
34
3. DOMESTICATING ANIMALS AND WIVES Women's Fables of Protest
59
24
4. THE ROYAL SNAKE SHROUD Local Weaving and Colonial Kingship
83
32
5. SPINDLES AND SPINSTERS The Loss of Romantic Love
115
22
6. THE DRUM AND MASCULINITY A Healer's Story
137
24
7. GREEN BOTTLES AND GREEN DEATH Modernity and the Ephemeral
161
22
8. CONCLUSIONS Stories and Objects in Lived Dualities
183
16
REFERENCES
199
12
INDEX
211