Bekledning og etnisitet. En kulturvitenskapelig undersøkelse blant kalashfolket i Pakistan
Abstract
This master thesis examines dress and ethnicity among the kalasha people, a small indigenous community in northwestern Pakistan. It examines how clothing, as material culture, express symbolic meaning. More specifically, it examines how creation of meaning is associated with a particular type of dress, and how the meaning generated is linked to ethnicity and ethnic identity. Kalasha women´s dress distinguish, and marks the kalasha community from the nearby muslim community. The important dress contains great social and cultural value, and its use is largely a symbolic act. This master thesis is based on a conducted fieldwork in the Kalasha Valleys, as a participant at the annual Joshi Festival may 2013. I masteroppgaven vil jeg undersøke hvordan bekledning som materiell kultur, uttrykker symbolsk mening blant kalashfolket, i Chitral i nord vestlige Pakistan. Nærmere bestemt vil jeg jeg undersøke meningsdannelsen knyttet til en bestemt type bekledning og knytte meningen som dannes opp mot etnisk identitet. Masteroppgaven er basert på feltarbeidet som jeg utførte i Kalasha Valleys, over en kortere periode våren 2013, hvor jeg var deltager på den årlige Joshifestivalen.
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