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"Starvation taught me art": Tree poaching, gender and cultural shifts in wood curio carving in Zimbabwe
Type: Text
Year: 2008, 2008
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Fadiman, Maria
Publisher: Ethnobotany Research and Applications
Description: This study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and Shona, have always carved, they now face a weakened economy, due in large part to land reforms in 2000. Thus, more people sculpt wood as a form of livelihood. As one man said “Starvation taught me art”. As a result, gender roles are shifting as men and women begin to enter realms… more
Full Text: “Starvation Taught Me Art”: Tree Poaching, Gender and Cultural Shifts in Wood Curio Carving in Zimbabwe Maria Fadiman Research Abstract This study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and …