Book Review: The Kingdom of Women

[osprey_archer]

Choo Waihong’s The Kingdom of Women: Life, Love and Death in China’s Hidden Mountains absolutely fascinated me, because it’s a sort of memoir/ethnography of the Mosuo people in Yunnan province, who are one of the last remaining matrilineal groups on Earth - and that matrilineal heritage is fast eroding as better roads, radios, and televisions bring

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[goldenusagi]

Ooh, this sounds really interesting!

[osprey_archer]

It really is!