02827nam 22006614a 450 991078495020332120220928174510.00-8047-7344-010.1515/9780804773447(CKB)2670000000029598(EBL)547321(OCoLC)646066552(SSID)ssj0000426552(PQKBManifestationID)11305494(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426552(PQKBWorkID)10374186(PQKB)10347943(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127596(DE-B1597)564154(DE-B1597)9780804773447(Au-PeEL)EBL547321(CaPaEBR)ebr10397714(OCoLC)1198930994(MiAaPQ)EBC547321(EXLCZ)99267000000002959820090414d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuest for harmony[electronic resource] the Moso traditions of sexual union and family life /Chuan-kang ShihStanford, Calif. Stanford University Pressc20101 online resource (346 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-6199-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-317) and index.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.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.Naxi (Chinese people)Sexual behaviorNaxi (Chinese people)KinshipNaxi (Chinese people)Social life and customsMatrilineal kinshipChina, SouthwestSex roleChina, SouthwestNaxi (Chinese people)Sexual behavior.Naxi (Chinese people)Kinship.Naxi (Chinese people)Social life and customs.Matrilineal kinshipSex role305.895/4Shih Chuan-kang1524373MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784950203321Quest for harmony3765174UNINA