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Quest for harmony : the Moso traditions of sexual union and family life /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shih, Chuan-kang
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.