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Without fathers or husbands = (Une société sans père ni mari : les Naxi de Chine) /

The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organization is absolutely matrilineal and as incest is prohibited, like elsewhere, their sexual life mainly takes the form of nocturnal visits of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (Producer)
Other Authors: Cai, Hua, 1954- (Director), Héritier, Françoise, Herrenschmidt, Olivier
Format: Video
Language:English
Chinese
Language Notes:Commentary in English; conversations in Chinese with English subtitles.
Published: London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1995.
Subjects:
Naxi (Chinese people)
Naxi (Chinese people) > Social life and customs.
Matriarchy > China > Yunnan Sheng.
Ethnology > China > Yunnan Sheng.
Moso (Peuple de Chine)
Moso (Peuple de Chine) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Matriarcat > Chine > Yunnan (Sheng)
Ethnologie > Chine > Yunnan (Sheng)
Ethnology
Matriarchy
Naxi (Chinese people) > Social life and customs
China > Yunnan Sheng
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Nonfiction films
Short films
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organization is absolutely matrilineal and as incest is prohibited, like elsewhere, their sexual life mainly takes the form of nocturnal visits of men to women.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 23, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (26 min.)).
Playing Time:00:26:00
Production Credits:Scientific advisers, F. Heritier-Auge, O. Herrenschmidt.