Morton College Family Kinship Classification System and Mosuo Culture Questions 1. a) How much of your family do you acknowledge? b) Which side(s) of your

Morton College Family Kinship Classification System and Mosuo Culture Questions 1. a) How much of your family do you acknowledge?

b) Which side(s) of your family?

2. Explain the type of kinship classification system your family falls under. Not “theoretically”, but the actual family members you acknowledge and communicate with, other than just at funerals or family reunions.

3. a) Then discuss which kinship system you are most fascinated with?
b) Explain why

China’s Last Matricarchs Video Guide [24 mins]

Who has the most power in the Mosuo culture of China by Lugo Lake?

What is the walking marriage? How old are the women and why is it called that?

Who earns the money in a Mosuo household?

Who serves the role of father in a Mosuo family?
What benefit do the guys say about living in this culture?

What justification / reason is given for why Mosuo husbands and wives “rarely split up?

What is the biggest misconception (misunderstanding) spoken of about Mosuo culture, specifically marriage and family?

Who do the elder women credit for not having to work as hard as they used to? who do they burn incense to?

According to the grandma, matriarch, she makes the final say, but who does she say “makes all the important decisions”?

How do the young twenty-year-olds want to live in the future?