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050 _aHQ 1740.5 .W65 1972
100 _aWolf, Margery
_eauthor
245 0 _aWomen and the family in rural Taiwan /
_cMargery Wolf
260 _aStamford, Connecticut :
_bStanford University Press,
_cc1972
300 _ax, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes index.
505 _aSome 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.
520 _aStudies 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.
650 _aWOMEN -- TAIWAN
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