matrilineal societies exist around the world – it's time to look beyond the patriarchy
- Written by: Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Minangkabau women carrying out traditional ceremonial activities in West Sumatra in 2020.ShutterstockThirty years ago, I travelled to Lijiang, an ancient city in the northwest of China’s Yunnan province in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas. Lijiang’s old town is a tangle of intersecting waterways, arched stone bridges, and cobbled...
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