Inalienable Rights: A Defense

by Diana Tietjens Meyers

Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the Lahu society in Southwest China where practical gender equality has become the byproduct of a potent ideology of gender unity, vividly expressed by the proverb, chopsticks only work in pairs.

Hardcover

First published November 1, 1986

Reviews

[University of Chicago Magazine]

Diana Tietjens Meyers, AB'69
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From our pages (Spring/86): "This book analyzes the concept of an inalienable right and defends the rights to life, personal liberty, benign treatment, and satisfaction of basic needs."