Format:
1 online resource (346 pages)
ISBN:
9780804773447
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Usage of Kinship Terms in English -- Legend of Symbols in Kinship Diagrams -- Introduction -- 1. The People and Their History -- 2. The Political Structure and Cultural Environment of Traditional Moso Society -- 3. Tisese: The Primary Pattern of Institutionalized Sexual Union -- 4. Marriage: The Secondary Pattern of Institutionalized Sexual Union -- 5. Matrilineal Descent and Matrilineal Ideology -- 6. The Moso Social Organization: The Domestic Group and the Descent Group -- 7. Navigating through the Web of Social Relations -- 8. Household Life among the Moso -- 9. The Unusual Moso Gender System -- 10. Religions and Rituals among the Moso -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Character List -- References -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804761994
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804761994
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=547321
