"Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs"
by Shanshan Du
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The ideal of "gender equality" seems forever elusive, always tantalizingly over the horizon. Shanshan Du suggests that by shifting our attention away from the various utopian ideals embedded in mainstream feminism, we may be surprised to learn that gender-egalitarian societies do exist. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the Lahu society in Southwest China where practical gender equality has become the byproduct of a potent ideology of gender unity, vividly expressed by the show more proverb, "chopsticks only work in pairs." show lessTags
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Shanshan Du is associate professor of anthropology at Tulane university, and author of Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs: Gander Unity and Gender Equality among the Lahu of Southwest China. Ya-chen Chen is assistant professor of foreign literature, director of Chinese Language Program at Clark University, and author of The Many Dimensions of Chinese show more Feminism. show less
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- Anthropology, Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Sociology, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 305.8951 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups Other ethnic and national groups East and southeast Asian peoples; Munda Chinese
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- DS523.4 .L33 .D8 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Southeast Asia
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