by Choo Waihong · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499427423
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In the Chinese mountains that form the border with Tibet, there is a place where women own the land, are heads of families, and pass on kinship ties. In this valley, marriage does not exist, couples generally do not live together, and each woman is free to have as many lovers as she wants. Their children are mainly theirs, and the birth of a girl is celebrated as an opportunity to continue the family lineage. This place, known as "the kingdom of women," is inhabited by the Mosuo, who do not pray to a god, but to a goddess, and have a sense of family and community that in many parts of the world would be considered egalitarian and progressive. They are one of the last matriarchal and matrilineal societies on the planet, but their customs are now threatened by globalization and modernity.
