Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan by Margery Wolf - 1972-01

Stanford University Press. Used - Good. Good condition.

Stanford University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Stanford University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Stanford University Press, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stanford University Press, 1972. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stanford University Press, 1972-01-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Stanford University Press, 1972. Trade Paperback. Good. A Good copy. Book has shelfwar, a cocked spine, edgewear, rubbing to covers, sunning to covers, soiling & stains to covers & edges of text block, bumped corners, and toning to pages. Interior is tight & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'.

Stanford University Press, 1972. Softcover. Good. 5x0x8. Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasizze men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. But this emphasis has left many important gaps in our knowledge of Chinese life.This study seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their personal goals. The source of a woman's power, her home in a social structure dominated by men, is what the author calls the uterine family, a de facto social unity consisting of a mother and her children.The first four chapters are devoted to general background material: a brief historical sketch of Taiwan and a description fo the settings in which the author's observations were made; the history of a particular family; the relation of Chinese women to the Chinese kinship system; and the interrelationships among women in the community. The remaining ten chapters… Read More

Stanford: Stanford University Press. Fine copy. 1996. Later prt.. softcover. 8vo, 233 pp. .

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Clean, crisp, uncracked softcover in very good condition; light shelf wear and rubbing, sunning at spine. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1972.