Embodying Morality: Growing Up in Rural Northern Vietnam

by Helle Rydstrom

One of the first anthropological studies based on extensive fieldwork in Vietnam in decades, Embodying Morality examines child-rearing in a rural Red River delta commune. It is a sophisticated and intriguing exploration of the ways in which a family system based on principles of male descent influences the moral upbringing and learning of girls and boys.

In Vietnamese culture boys alone perpetuate the patrilineal family line; they incorporate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824825241
• ISBN13: 9780824825249
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"