Werner M Egli
Biographic Data
| ID | 6592427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Werner M Egli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Werner M |
| FAMILY NAME | Egli |
| SIGNATURE | EGLI W M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Life and Gender of Bamboo Objects in Sunuwar Culture, East Nepal
Among the Sunuwar, a tribal group of East Nepal, bamboo is omnipresent both as wild and cultivated plant as well as in material culture. The article tries to show that many aspects of human and social life, including gender, are potentially inscribed in the bamboo plant and are realised in bamboo objects. Culturally vitalised bamboo objects are the ideal medium for intercourse with ancestors, a practice essential for Sunuwar people to stabilise, …
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The Life and Gender of Bamboo Objects in Sunuwar Culture, East Nepal
Among the Sunuwar, a tribal group of East Nepal, bamboo is omnipresent both as wild and cultivated plant as well as in material culture. The article tries to show that many aspects of human and social life, including gender, are potentially inscribed in the bamboo plant and are realised in bamboo objects. Culturally vitalised bamboo objects are the ideal medium for intercourse with ancestors, a practice essential for Sunuwar people to stabilise, …
Aesthetics (1 work) · Architecture, Art, Education (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Bamboo (1 work) · Bamboo properties and applications (1 work) · Bambusa (1 work) · Conformity (1 work) · Cultural and Artistic Studies (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)