The Chinese family and its ritual behavior
By: edited by Hsieh Jih-Chang and Chuang Ying-Chang
Edition: Chu ban.
Series: Zhong yang yan jiu yuan min zu xue yan jiu suo zhuan kan. Yi zhong -- Di 15 hao; Zhong yang yan jiu yuan min zu xue yan jiu suo zhuan kan -- di 15 hao
Publisher: Zhong yang yan jiu yuan min zu xue yan jiu suo
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Taibei nan gang
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Kinship; Congresses; Families; Rites and ceremonies; Social life and customs
Other titles: Zhongguo jia zu ji qi yi shi xing wei / Xie Jichang, Zhuang Yingzhang zhu bian
Notes: Text in English. Third printing in 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-314) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The study of Chinese society on Taiwan / Arthur P. Wolf; title: Field work, cultural differences and interpretation / Francis L.K. Hsu; title: Chinese family size : a myth revitalized / Arthur P. Wolf; title: On the household and family in Chinese society / Wang Sung-hsing; title: Equal right and domestic structure / Tang Mei-chun; title: Meal rotation / Hsieh Jih-chang; title: Structural conflicts within the Chinese family / William H. Newell; title: Matrilateral and affinal relationships in changing Chinese society / Bernard and Rita Gallin; title: Dowry and inheritance / Chung-min Chen; title: Family structure and reproductive patterns in a Taiwan fishing village / Chuang Ying-chang; title: The disquieting Chinese lineage and its anthropological relevance / Burton Pasternak; title: The conditions of development and decline of Chinese lineages and the formation of ethnic groups / David Y.H. Wu; title: Lineage development and the family in China / Myron L. Cohen; title: The impact of different religions on the Chinese family in Taiwan / Chu Hai-yuan; title: Sworn brothers : a study in Chinese ritual kinship / David K. Jordan; title: On conflicting interpretations of Chinese family rituals / Li Yih-yuan.