"Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs"
Book Details
Author(s)
Shanshan Du
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN / ASIN
0231119577
ISBN-13
9780231119573
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#986,981
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Description
Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the Lahu society in Southwest China where practical gender equality has become the byproduct of a potent ideology of gender unity, vividly expressed by the proverb, "chopsticks only work in pairs."
