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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Choo, WaiHong, author.     Subjects     Women -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.     Women -- China -- Sichuan Sheng.     Matriarchy -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.     Matriarchy -- China -- Sichuan Sheng.     Ethnic groups -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.     Ethnic groups -- China -- Sichuan Sheng.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Choo, WaiHong, author.       by title:      The kingdom of women...         MARC Display

The kingdom of women : life, love and death in China's hidden mountains / Choo WaiHong. by Choo, WaiHong, author. London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017. Subjects Women -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.   Women -- China -- Sichuan Sheng.   Matriarchy -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.   Matriarchy -- China -- Sichuan Sheng.   Ethnic groups -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.   Ethnic groups -- China -- Sichuan Sheng. ISBN:  9781784537241 (hardback) : 1784537241 (hardback) Description:  xix, 202 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm Contents:  Arriving in the kingdom of women -- Building a Mosuo home -- Going native -- Getting to know the Mosuos -- Becoming the godmother -- Hunting and eating in bygone times -- How the Mosuo women rock -- The men rock too -- A marriage that is not marriage -- The matrilineal ties that bind -- The birth-death room -- On the knife-edge of extinction. Requests:  0 Summary:  This is one of the last matriarchal societies on earth, where the women hold power. They make the major decisions, control household finances, have rightful ownership of land and property and full rights to the children born to them. Most notably, the Mosuo practice something called 'walking marriage' where, from the age of 13, women can choose to take lovers - as many or as few as they wish - from men within the tribe. Choo Waihong discovered the Mosuo several years ago and lived with them for six years, becoming part of a Mosuo family and of the wider community - the only non-Mosuo to have ever done so. The story of her time in the remote mountains of China is both poignant and compelling: a vibrant glimpse into a way of life that teeters on the knife-edge of extinction.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.48895 Choo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Liliha Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.48895 Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waipahu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.48895 Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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