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Affines and the rituals of kinshipessay 1974 • Ahern, Emily M.
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
In contrast with the contradictory findings of other research conducted in Taiwan, Ahern describes rites of betrothal and marriage and relations between affines in a village where wife-givers appear 'distinctly superior' in ritual status to wife-take...The power and pollution of Chinese womenessay 1978 • Ahern, Emily M.
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay considers the polluting or dangerous powers of women in the light of women's ambiguous social position and Taiwanese notions of ideal family structure. The key problem appears to be not one of popular belief in the inherent inferiority of ...