Sex, Death, and Hierarchy in a Chinese City - An Anthropological Account

Informationen zum Autor WILLIAM JANKOWIAK is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Klappentext The first contemporary enthnographic account of urban life in China! "Sex! Death! and Hierarchy in a Chinese City" studies both public and private life! including such aspects as religious belief! gender images! family life! and sexual attraction. Zusammenfassung An ethnographic study of Chinese urban life in the Mongolian city of Huhhot. The text is organized around specific elements of culture! moving from public domains to the private issues of sex and gender! family life and religion.

Product details

• Authors: William Jankowiak, William R. Jankowiak, Jankowiak William
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.1993
• EAN: 9780231079600
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07960-0
• No. of pages: 345
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; China, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban communities, Urban communities / city life