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Women, kitchen and belonging in eastern China: idioms of continuity in Kaixiangong
Sociologus • 55 (1) • Published In 2005 • Pages: 39-58
By: Aijmer, Göran.
Abstract
The author analyzes the original ethnography by Fei (1946), conveying an "ontology of realism" for women's lives in a rural peasant village through an examination of local practices and beliefs, especially ones regarding marriage and involving the stove god who represents the ancestry of wife-givers and the importance of non-agnatic relationships in the village.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1935-1936
- Coverage Place
- Kaixiangong, Wujiang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Notes
- By Göran Aijmer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58)
- LCCN
- 55017613
- LCSH
- Peasantry--China--Yangtze River Valley
- Villages--China--Yangtze River Valley
- Yangtze Valley--Social life and customs