Kʻun Shen; a Taiwan village.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Ethnology -- Taiwan -- Kun-shên
Notes: Bibliography: p. 111.
Table of contents: title: The village and its background. The setting -- Housing -- Clothing -- Diet and food preparation -- The economic base of village life. Occupational distribution -- Sea fishing -- Pond cultivation -- Farming and animal husbandry -- Traders, merchants, and urban workers -- Village class structure -- Loan and credit facilities -- Environmental control and social change -- Growing up in K’un Shen. Birth, infancy, and childhood -- The village school and formal education -- The green years -- Adult roles and the good person -- Death and funeral procedures -- Family, household, and lineage. Arranging a marriage -- Marriage ceremonies -- The husband - wife relationship -- The household -- The lineage -- Village and community. Good neighbors -- The temple community -- Village and state -- The religious life in K’un Shen. Introduction -- The Lung-shan Temple -- The gods of heaven -- The spirits of hell -- The goddess Kuan-im and other deities -- The prevention and cure of illness : sacred and secular medicine -- Conclusions -- Recommended reading.