The Gendered Resistance and Adaptation to the Neoliberal Globalization: based on a qualitative case study in Mosuo matrilineal communities
(2011) SGEM02 20111Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- Women gain less advantage than men in the history of neoliberalism.
In this thesis, the author reviews the influence of neoliberal
globalization on local women in the comparison of Swedish and
Chinese context and discovers their different ways of doing gender. In
order to examine the impact of neoliberal capitalism and globalization
upon Chinese indigenous women, the author reviews a Mosuo
documentary film The Grandmother’s House Left the Homeland and
conducts a field study in Luoshui Village, a Mosuo matrilineal
community in Yunnan Province. The findings reveal that since the
tourist development in the 1990s, the neoliberal capitalism and
globalization have increased the income of local women but weakened
their matrilineal... (More) - Women gain less advantage than men in the history of neoliberalism.
In this thesis, the author reviews the influence of neoliberal
globalization on local women in the comparison of Swedish and
Chinese context and discovers their different ways of doing gender. In
order to examine the impact of neoliberal capitalism and globalization
upon Chinese indigenous women, the author reviews a Mosuo
documentary film The Grandmother’s House Left the Homeland and
conducts a field study in Luoshui Village, a Mosuo matrilineal
community in Yunnan Province. The findings reveal that since the
tourist development in the 1990s, the neoliberal capitalism and
globalization have increased the income of local women but weakened
their matrilineal cultures and “walking marriage” system.
Correspondingly the author proposes measures on a scale of
community planning to preserve and adapt Mosuo matrilineal cultures
and the “walking marriage” system under the threat of neoliberal
globalization. (Less)
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- author
- Li, Jiajie LU
- supervisor
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- Guy Baeten LU
- organization
- course
- SGEM02 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- neoliberal, globalization, gender, Mosuo, matrilineal
- language
- English
- id
- 1975775
- date added to LUP
- 2012-02-01 14:40:40
- date last changed
- 2012-02-01 14:40:40
@misc{1975775, abstract = {{Women gain less advantage than men in the history of neoliberalism. In this thesis, the author reviews the influence of neoliberal globalization on local women in the comparison of Swedish and Chinese context and discovers their different ways of doing gender. In order to examine the impact of neoliberal capitalism and globalization upon Chinese indigenous women, the author reviews a Mosuo documentary film The Grandmother’s House Left the Homeland and conducts a field study in Luoshui Village, a Mosuo matrilineal community in Yunnan Province. The findings reveal that since the tourist development in the 1990s, the neoliberal capitalism and globalization have increased the income of local women but weakened their matrilineal cultures and “walking marriage” system. Correspondingly the author proposes measures on a scale of community planning to preserve and adapt Mosuo matrilineal cultures and the “walking marriage” system under the threat of neoliberal globalization.}}, author = {{Li, Jiajie}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The Gendered Resistance and Adaptation to the Neoliberal Globalization: based on a qualitative case study in Mosuo matrilineal communities}}, year = {{2011}}, }