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The fall of womenland / Ciné-Frontière Inc. ; written & directed by Xiaodan He ; produced by Martin Doepner, Xiaodan He.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naxi (Chinese people)--Social life and customs.
- Naxi (Chinese people).
- Matriarchy--China.
- Matriarchy.
- Matrilineal kinship--China.
- Matrilineal kinship.
- Women--China, Southwest--Social conditions.
- Women.
- China--Social conditions--1976-2000.
- China.
- China--Social conditions--2000-.
- China--History--1949-.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (47 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2009.
- Language Note:
- In English and Chinese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The Fall of Womenland is a fascinating documentary on the unique sexual culture of the Mosuo people - a small minority situated in the southwest of China - and one of the last remaining matriarchal societies in the world.
- Participant:
- Narrators, Nathalie Baroud [and others].
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1104050859
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