Women and the family in rural Taiwan /
Wolf, Margery
Women and the family in rural Taiwan / Margery Wolf - Stamford, Connecticut : Stanford University Press, c1972 - x, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Some history and some geography -- The Ongs of Peihotein -- Uterine families and the Women's community -- Friends and neighbors -- Little girls -- Older girls -- Engagement -- Marriage -- Waiting -- Taking charge -- Girls who marry their brothers -- Girls who have no brothers -- Filial daughters -- The rewards of old age -- index.
Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasize men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. This book seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their personal goals.
804708088
WOMEN -- TAIWAN
HQ 1740.5 .W65 1972
Women and the family in rural Taiwan / Margery Wolf - Stamford, Connecticut : Stanford University Press, c1972 - x, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Some history and some geography -- The Ongs of Peihotein -- Uterine families and the Women's community -- Friends and neighbors -- Little girls -- Older girls -- Engagement -- Marriage -- Waiting -- Taking charge -- Girls who marry their brothers -- Girls who have no brothers -- Filial daughters -- The rewards of old age -- index.
Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasize men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. This book seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their personal goals.
804708088
WOMEN -- TAIWAN
HQ 1740.5 .W65 1972