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

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

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Main Author: Shih, Chuan-kang
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Naxi (Chinese people) > Sexual behavior.
Naxi (Chinese people) > Kinship.
Naxi (Chinese people) > Social life and customs.
Matrilineal kinship > China, Southwest.
Sex role > China, Southwest.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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