Women and the family in rural Taiwan / Margery Wolf

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stamford, Connecticut : Stanford University Press, c1972Description: x, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 804708088
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 1740.5 .W65 1972
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room General Education GC HQ 1740.5 .W65 1972 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004712

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.

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