The kingdom of women : life, love and death in china's hidden mountains /

In a mist-shrouded valley on China's invisible border with Tibet is a place known as the 'Kingdom of Women', where a small tribe called the Mosuo lives in a cluster of villages that have changed little in centuries. This is one of the last matriarchal societies on earth, where the wom...

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Autore principale: WaiHong, Choo (Autore)
Natura: Libro
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: London : Tauris Parke, 2020.
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