Preface: Discovering a Matriline -- 1. Lu Village in Southwest China: Unearthing Gender -- 2. Perspectives in Time -- 3. Trade and Beauty: The Demise of Footbinding in Lu Village -- 4. Gender in Land Tenure, Farming, and Employment -- 5. The Wealth of a Gifted Woman: The Shaman of Lu Village -- 6. Wealth and Poverty, 1930s to 1990s: Paths to Ruin and Fortune -- 7. Marriage, Household, and Gender: Keeping Sons and Daughters -- 8. Demographic Change, Family Planning, and Sex Preference -- 9. Politics and Political Culture -- 10. Unbinding China's Peasants
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-379) and index