The kingdom of women : life, love and death in China's hidden mountains /: life, love and death in China's hidden mountains. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Choo WaiHong.
• Authors: Choo, WaiHong
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 202 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), color illustrations, map
• Subjects: 305.48/8009513; 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; Nakhi; Frau; Matriarchat; Nationale Minderheit; Minderheitenpolitik; Ethnosoziologie; Sozialanthropologie; Ethnic groups; Matriarchy; Women; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; China -- Südwest; Yunnan; China -- Sichuan Sheng; China -- Yunnan Sheng; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786721709; 1786721708
• Related ISBNs: 9781784537241; 1784537241; 9781786731708
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.