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Women and the family in rural Taiwan / Margery Wolf

By: Wolf, Margery [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c1972Description: x, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 0804708088Subject(s): WOMEN -- TAIWAN | FAMILIES -- TAIWANLOC 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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	LRC - Annex	National University - Manila	General Education	Relegation Room	GC HQ 1740.5 .W65 1972 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000004712

Includes 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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