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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459107203321

Autore

Shih Chuan-kang

Titolo

Quest for harmony [[electronic resource] ] : the Moso traditions of sexual union and family life / / Chuan-kang Shih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7344-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Disciplina

305.895/4

Soggetti

Naxi (Chinese people) - Sexual behavior

Naxi (Chinese people) - Kinship

Naxi (Chinese people) - Social life and customs

Matrilineal kinship - China, Southwest

Sex role - China, Southwest

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-317) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The people and their history -- Political structure and cultural environment of traditional Moso society -- Tisese: the primary pattern of institutionalized sexual union -- Marriage: the secondary pattern of institutionalized sexual union -- Matrilineal descent and matrilineal ideology -- The Moso social organization: the domestic group and the descent group -- Navigating through the web of social relations -- Household life among the Moso -- The unusual Moso gender system -- Religions and rituals among the Moso.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a comprehensive ethnographic study about the Moso, a matrilineal group in Southwest China, whose unique traditions are bound to change accepted notions of marriage, kinship, the family, and gender relations.