Kingdom of women : the matriarchal Mosuo of China

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"In a remote corner of southwestern China, the Mosuo live in a matrilineal society where husbands do not exist. Anthropologist Chou Wah-Shan is one of the few outsiders that has lived and worked ex...

"In a remote corner of southwestern China, the Mosuo live in a matrilineal society where husbands do not exist. Anthropologist Chou Wah-Shan is one of the few outsiders that has lived and worked extensively with them. Commerce, belief systems, rituals and festivals, and the responsibilities of women and men are described. But tourism and technology are taking their toll; how much longer will Mosuo way of life survive"? -- backside of container.

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