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All for the family, directed by Chaitali ; produced by Ong Hee Yah

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All for the family, directed by Chaitali ; produced by Ong Hee Yah

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

All for the family

Medium

electronic resource

Oclc number

877879827

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Recorded in China

Responsibility statement

directed by Chaitali ; produced by Ong Hee Yah

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Series statement

Ethnographic video online, volume 2Tribal sex & marriage, episode 3

Summary

A woman can have sex with as many men as she likes; if she conceives, the baby belongs to her and her household. The man has no involvement in the raising of the child. A couple gets married but lives apart for three years. How are relationships forged to try to keep the tribe alive? Where is the line drawn between promiscuity and fidelity? In this episode three tribes are presented The Wa, concentrated in remote hills between the Mekong and Salween Rivers on the Burmese border, The Yi, fourth largest of China's minorities, with over 30 branches and the Naxi, from the Lijiang area, within the loop of the Upper Yangze River (Jinsha Jiang)

Target audience

general

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