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Autore: |
Shih Chuan-kang
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Titolo: |
Quest for harmony [[electronic resource] ] : the Moso traditions of sexual union and family life / / Chuan-kang Shih
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Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.895/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Naxi (Chinese people) - Sexual behavior |
Naxi (Chinese people) - Kinship | |
Naxi (Chinese people) - Social life and customs | |
Matrilineal kinship - China, Southwest | |
Sex role - China, Southwest | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Quest for harmony ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8047-7344-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784950203321 |
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