'Masculine Domination': Desire and Chinese patriliny

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-278

  Sangren, P Steven ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Desire; Gender; Inequality; Patriliny

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349333155     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X09104082     Document Type: Article

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