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Society Without Fathers or Husbands : The Na of China, Paperback by Hua, Cai; Hustvedt, Asti (TRN), ISBN 1890951137, ISBN-13 9781890951139, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A fascinating account of the Na society, which functions without the institution of marriage.

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The Na of China, farmers in the Himalayan region, live without the institution of marriage. Na brothers and sisters live together their entire lives, raising the women's children. Since, like other societies, the Na respect the incest prohibition, they practice a system of furtive or conspicuous night visits during which a man goes to a woman's home. In addition to spending long periods of time with the Na, Cai Hua has analyzed numerous historical Chinese documents. He presents us with a lucid, fascinating monograph that shows how a society can function without fathers or husbands. In light of Na ethnography, he leads the reader toward a new reflection on the nature of marriage and family -- long the objects of circular reasoning in sociological analyses. Since the inception of humankind's interest in the diversity of its cultures, this is the first time an anthropologist has encountered a society whose structure differs totally from that of other societies throughout the rest of the world. This discovery is likely to provoke fundamental changes in the way we look at social life and human behavior.

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ISBN-10
1890951137
ISBN-13
9781890951139
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Author
caï Hua
Publication Name
Society Without Fathers or Husbands : the NA of China
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
506 Pages

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8.9in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
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Lc Classification Number
Ds731.N39h8313 2000
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
Cai's work is an important contribution not just to China studies but to theoretical anthropology.... [His] monograph is a sober, ethnographically well-informed, and sensitive portrayal of one people's way of organizing the intimacies of their domestic lives., "Dr. Cai Hua has done Western anthropology a great service by making it acquainted with one of those few societies in Asia (and in Africa as well) who deny or belittle the roles of father and husband in their social system. Thanks to him the Na now have their place in the anthropological literature." -Claude Levi-Strauss
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, Customs & Traditions
Lccn
99-010528
Dewey Decimal
306.8/089/951
Dewey Edition
21
Genre
Social Science

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