Gender Stratification in Seated Singing (八音坐唱) among the Buyi Ethnic Group in Southwest China

The phrase “gender stratification” highlights a form of inequality permeating every level of social structure: inequality between men and women. Relationships of power and privilege are formed through a complex web of gender-related factors, from attitudes towards women’s participation in the labor force and men’s place in the family to cultural ideologies around kinship, musical competence and economic roles. In