| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Naxi (Chinese people) -- Sexual behavior.
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Naxi (Chinese people) |
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Naxi (Chinese people) -- Kinship.
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Kinship. |
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Naxi (Chinese people) -- Social life and customs.
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Naxi (Chinese people) -- Social life and customs. |
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Matrilineal kinship -- China, Southwest.
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Matrilineal kinship. |
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Southwest China. |
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Sex role -- China, Southwest.
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Sex role. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Gender roles. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Shih, Chuan-kang. Quest for harmony. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010 9780804761994 (DLC) 2009015733 (OCoLC)318672969 |
| ISBN |
9780804773447 (electronic book) |
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0804773440 (electronic book) |
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9780804761994 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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080476199X |
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