Quest for harmony [electronic resource] : the Moso traditions of sexual union and family life / Chuan-kang Shih.
By: Shih, Chuan-kang.
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BookPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010Description: xiv, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Naxi (Chinese people) -- Sexual behavior | Naxi (Chinese people) -- Kinship | Naxi (Chinese people) -- Social life and customs | Matrilineal kinship -- China, Southwest | Sex role -- China, SouthwestGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.895/4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-317) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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