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Small Happiness: Women of a Chinese Village*

• 1984 ----- color ----- 59 min ----- 16mm
• (One Village in China series) ``To give birth to a boy is considered a big happiness. To give birth to a girl is a small happiness. Well, (laughter) you can't say it's no happiness. But there's a difference between big and small happiness. A boy will remain in the household, while a girl will be married off.'' The Chinese countryside, where one-fifth of the world's people live, is rarely seen in the West. Even more obscure are the four hundred million women that live there. The women of Low Bow village speak about birth control, family relationships, work, footbinding and a strike in a local all-woman workshop. But the most remarkable story is saved for the end of the film when an older woman tells the story of her life with her ``feudal'' husband and how her own life has changed for the better since the Liberation. (In Chinese with English subtitles) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
• Topics: (Anthropology: Cultural, China, Community Life, Women Studies)

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