Last matriarchy family / directed by Weijun Chen ; produced by Dewen Zhou.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Zhou, Dewen., Producer.
• Chen, Weijun., Director.

Series:

• Academic Video Online
• Mosso, the land of free love ; episode 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Naxi (Chinese people).
• Matriarchy--China--Yunnan Sheng.
• Matriarchy.
• Yunnan Sheng (China).

Genre:

• Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 min.).

Place of Publication:

Montreal, QC : CinéFête, 2006.

Language Note:

• In English.
• Original language in English.
• Original language in Naxi.

Summary:

Few people know that in southwestern China, live the Mosso, one of the world's last matriarchal societies. Men visit their sweethearts at night and leave at dawn. Meet two generations of women, one the beloved mother, who is manager of a fifteen member family and takes care of five brothers in walking marriages and Binma, her daughter who wishes to be set free to pursue her true love.

Notes:

• Recorded Lugu Lake, China 0000.
• Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).

OCLC:

877880118